Version Superseded: 31/12/2020
Point in time view as at 18/01/2016. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000, Section 29.
29.—(1) Where a registered European lawyer applies to the professional body where he has been registered to become a solicitor or barrister, as the case may be, and that professional body requires him to pass an aptitude test under [F1[F2regulation 34(a)] of the Qualification Regulations], he may apply to the professional body for an exemption from that requirement on the grounds that he falls within paragraph (2) or (3) of this regulation.
(2) A person falls within this paragraph if—
(a)he is a European lawyer and has been registered with that professional body for at least three years; and
(b)he has for a period of at least three years effectively and regularly pursued in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, professional activities under his home professional title in the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.
(3) A person falls within this paragraph if—
(a)he is a European lawyer and has been registered with that professional body for at least three years; and
(b)he has for a period of at least three years effectively and regularly pursued in England and Wales or Northern Ireland professional activities under his home professional title; and
(c)he has for a period of less than three years effectively and regularly pursued in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, professional activities under his home professional title in the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 29(1) substituted (1.7.2009) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Registered European Lawyers) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1587), arts. 1(1)(c), 2(4)
F2Words in reg. 29(1) substituted (18.1.2016) by The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/2059), regs. 1, 73(3) (with reg. 78)
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