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6(1)Sections 65(4) and 69(3) (requirements to register foreign activity arrangements and foreign influence arrangements) do not apply in relation to a foreign activity arrangement or a foreign influence arrangement to the extent that the arrangement relates to the carrying on of a legal activity by a lawyer.
(2)The following provisions do not apply to the carrying on of a legal activity by a lawyer—
(a)section 68(1) to (3) (specified persons etc must not carry out unregistered activities);
(b)section 72(1) (foreign powers etc must not carry out unregistered political influence activities).
(3)“Lawyer” means—
(a)a person who for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007 is an authorised person in relation to an activity that constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act),
(b)a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland,
(c)a solicitor or advocate in Scotland, or
(d)a person who is a member, and entitled to practise as such, of a legal profession regulated in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.
(4)“Legal activity” means—
(a)in England and Wales, a legal activity within the meaning of section 12 of the Legal Services Act 2007,
(b)in Northern Ireland, a legal activity within the meaning of that section, but reading the reference to an activity which is a reserved legal activity as a reference to an activity corresponding to a reserved legal activity,
(c)in Scotland, the provision of legal services within the meaning of section 3 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), or
(d)acting as an arbitrator or mediator.
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