Prospective
8.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), section 36 of that Act shall apply to registered European lawyers as it applies to solicitors.U.K.
(2) Where, by virtue of rules made under paragraph 7(3)(b) of Schedule 14 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, a registered European lawyer has been exempted from paying an initial or annual contribution on the grounds that under the rules of his home jurisdiction he has cover for practice in the United Kingdom completely equivalent to that provided by the Compensation Fund, no grant shall be made—
(a)under section 36(2)(a) of the Solicitors Act 1974 in respect of any act or default of—
(i)the registered European lawyer; or
(ii)subject to paragraph (3), an employee of that registered European lawyer who is not a solicitor.
(b)under section 36(2)(b) of that Act in respect of any act or default of the registered European lawyer;
(c)under section 36(2)(c) of that Act to the registered European lawyer.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) shall not apply to an employee who is employed by a partnership which includes at least one person who is not exempted by virtue of sub-paragraph (2).
(4) No grant shall be made under section 36 of that Act in respect of any act or default of a registered European lawyer, or of any of his employees or partners,where such act or default takes place outside the United Kingdom unless the Council is satisfied that the act or default is, or is closely connected with, the act or default of a solicitor, or is closely connected with the registered European lawyer’s practice in the United Kingdom.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 8 in force at 22.5.2000, see reg. 1(1)