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The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011

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6.—(1) Paragraph 3(a) and (b) applies to section 60(1) (except subsection (5)) of the 1974 Act.

(2) In relation to a contentious business agreement made between a licensed body and a client section 60(5) of the 1974 Act has effect as if for that subsection there were substituted—

“(5) A provision in the agreement that the body shall not be liable for the negligence of any of its managers or employees shall be void if the client is a natural person who, in entering that agreement, is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business or profession.

(6) A provision in the agreement that the body shall be relieved from any responsibility to which it would otherwise be subject in the course of carrying on its business as a licensed body shall be void.

(7) A provision in the agreement that any manager of the body shall be relieved from any responsibility to which the manager would otherwise be subject in the course of the carrying on by the body of its business as a licensed body shall be void.”.

(1)

Section 60 is amended by section 98(6) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 and paragraphs 1 and 56 of Schedule 16 to the 2007 Act.

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