Part 5Alternative business structures

Licensing

85Terms of licence

1

A licence issued under section 84 must specify—

a

the activities which are reserved legal activities and which the licensed body is authorised to carry on by virtue of the licence, and

b

any conditions subject to which the licence is granted.

2

If an order under section 106 has been made in relation to the licensed body, the licence must also specify the terms of the order.

3

In the case of a licensing authority other than the Board, the licence may authorise the licensed body to carry on activities which are reserved legal activities only if the licensing authority is designated in relation to the reserved legal activities in question.

4

A licence must be granted subject to the condition that—

a

any obligation which may from time to time be imposed on the licensed body or a person within subsection (5) by or under the licensing authority's licensing rules is complied with, and

b

any other obligations imposed on the licensed body or a person within that subsection by or under this or any other enactment (whether passed before or after this Act) are complied with.

5

The persons mentioned in subsection (4) are the managers and employees of a licensed body, and non-authorised persons having an interest or an indirect interest, or holding a material interest, in the licensed body (in their capacity as such).

6

A licence may be granted subject to such other conditions as the licensing authority considers appropriate.

7

Those conditions may include conditions as to the non-reserved activities which the licensed body may or may not carry on.

8

In this Part references to the terms of the licence are to the matters listed in subsections (1) and (2).