Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2683 (C.78)

The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1991

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1991 No. 2683 (C.78)

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1991

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 69(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985^[1], hereby makes the following Order-

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1991.

    2.    Sections 9 and 10 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 shall come into force on 1st January 1992.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 28th November 1991

This Order brings into force sections 9 and 10 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices). Section 9 allows the Council of the Law Society to make rules regulating the carrying on of a solicitor's practice through bodies corporate, brings into force the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Act ("Incorporated Practices: Supplemental Provisions") and empowers the Lord Chancellor to apply provisions relating to Solicitors to such bodies corporate (with or without modification). Section 10 establishes an offence of pretending to be a body recognised under section 9.

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:-

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 2, except insofar as it relates to the investigation of any complaint made to the Law Society relating to the quality of any professional services provided by a solicitor
Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 46 provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) mentioned in Part III of Schedule 8	12th March 1986	1986/364
Schedule 1
Schedule 3
Section 50	28th April 1986	1986/364
Sections 13, 22, 23, 38, 47, 51, 55
Section 67(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 7 of Schedule 7
	1st October 1986	1986/1503
Section 67(2), so far as it relates to so much of Part III of Schedule 8 as refers to the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) and the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)
Sections 1 and 3
Section 2, so far as it relates to the investigation of any complaint made to the Law Society relating to the quality of any professional services provided by a solicitor	1st January 1987	1986/2260
Section 48	12th January 1987	1986/2260
Sections 6(1), 6(2), 6(3), 6(5), 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34(1), 34(2), 35, 36, 37, 39
Schedule 4	11th May 1987
Schedule 5		1987/787
Schedule 6
Section 6(4)	1st December 1987	1987/787
Section 53	1st October 1988	1988/1341
Sections 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45	1 April 1989	1989/287

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