Judicial appointments: barristersE+W
2(1)This paragraph applies—
(a)to barristers who were called to the Bar on a date (the “call date") before the commencement of section 31; and
(b)for the purpose of determining for how many years such a barrister has had one of the qualifications listed in section 71(3).
(2)The General Council of the Bar shall be deemed to have granted such a barrister on his call date the rights of audience mentioned in section 31(1)(a).
(3)The period beginning with his call date and ending with the commencement of section 31 (apart from any part of that period during which he was disbarred) shall, in the case of such a barrister, count towards the period mentioned in section 71(5)(b), whether or not he was entitled to exercise the right of audience in question during that time.