SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2E+W[F1Legal services practices]: Supplementary Provisions

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 2 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 85 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) by SI 2000/1119 Sch. 4 para. 24(2) (as substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(c)(ii))

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2

InterpretationE+W

1(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), references in this Schedule to a recognised body [F2or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice] are references to a body [F3or sole solicitor’s practice] F4. . . for the time being recognised under section 9 of this Act.E+W

(2)References in this Schedule to a recognised body [F2or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice] in relation to—

(a)a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1)(a)); F5. . .

(b)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

include references to a body [F3or sole solicitor’s practice] F6. . . that was recognised under section 9 of this Act at the time when the conduct to which the complaint F7. . . relates took place.

[F8(2A)References in this Schedule to a manager or employee of a recognised body, [F9or to an employee in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice,] in relation to a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1A)(a)), include references to a person who was such a manager or employee at the time when the conduct to which the complaint relates took place.]

[F10(2B)In this Schedule references to employment in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice have the same meaning as in section 9.]

(3)F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In section 87(1) of the 1974 Act the definitions of “client”, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” shall apply [F12for the purposes of this Schedule; and] for the purposes of—

(a)[F13any provision of this Schedule in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body] ; and

(b)any provision of the 1974 Act in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body by virtue of this Schedule,

[F14they shall apply] as if for any reference to a solicitor there were substituted a reference to a recognised body F15. . . .

(5)Subject to sub-paragraphs [F16sub-paragraphs (4) and (6)], any expression used in this Schedule which is also used in the 1974 Act has the same meaning as in that Act.

[F17(6)In this Schedule—

  • “manager”, in relation to a body, has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 207 of that Act);

  • “registered European lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 9A;

  • “the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974.]

Textual Amendments

F5Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(b)(i), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)

F16Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(f) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 2 para. 1 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2