SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments

Benefices Act 1898 (c. 48)

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In section 3 of the Benefices Act 1898 (appeal against refusal of benefice)—

a

in subsection (2) for “counsel or a solicitor” substitute “ an authorised person ”, and

b

after that subsection insert—

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In subsection (2) “authorised person” means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise a right of audience (within the meaning of that Act).