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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001
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- Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 2(c) words substituted by S.I. 2023/548 art. 2(5)
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- Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 2(c) words substituted by S.I. 2023/548 art. 2(5)
[F1[F2Activities carried on by members of the legal profession etcU.K.
36F.—(1) There are excluded from article 36A (credit broking) activities carried on by—
(a)a barrister or advocate acting in that capacity;
(b)a solicitor (within the meaning of the Solicitors Act 1974) in the course of providing advocacy services or litigation services;
(c)a solicitor (within the meaning of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980) in the course of providing advocacy services or litigation services;
(d)a solicitor (within the meaning of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976) in the course of providing advocacy services or litigation services;
(e)a relevant person (other than a person falling within sub-paragraph (a) to (d)) in the course of providing advocacy services or litigation services.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
“advocacy services” means any services which it would be reasonable to expect a person who is exercising, or contemplating exercising, a right of audience in relation to any proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide for the purpose of those proceedings or contemplated proceedings;
“litigation services” means any services which it would be reasonable to expect a person who is exercising, or contemplating exercising, a right to conduct litigation in relation to any proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide for the purpose of those proceedings or contemplated proceedings;
“relevant person” means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise of a right of audience or the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act).]]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. II Ch. 6A, 6B inserted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), art. 1(2)(6), 4
F2Art. 36F substituted (24.3.2015) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/853), arts. 1(2), 3(2)
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