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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 No. 401
AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION
2.Omit section 1B (restriction on practice as sole solicitor).
3.In section 9 (applications for practising certificates), omit subsection (2)....
4.In section 10 (the issue of practising certificates), in subsection...
5.In section 10A (register of holders of practising certificates), omit...
6.In section 13 (appeals etc in connection with the issue...
7.Omit sections 13ZA (application to practise as sole practitioner while...
8.In section 13A (imposition of conditions while practising certificates are...
9.In section 13B (suspension of practising certificates where solicitors convicted...
10.Omit sections 17A (suspension of sole solicitor endorsement) and 17B...
11.In section 28 (regulations)— (a) omit subsection (1)(ca); and
12.In section 31 (rules as to professional practice), after subsection...
13.In section 47 (jurisdiction and powers of tribunal) omit—
15.In Schedule 1 (intervention in solicitor’s practice) omit paragraph 1(1)(i)....
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