SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21E+W+SMinor and consequential amendments

Public Notaries Act 1843 (c. 90)E+W+S

6E+W+SIn section 8 (Master of Faculties may issue commissions to take oaths)—

(a)the existing provision becomes subsection (1), and

(b)after that subsection insert—

(2)For the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, the issue of a commission under subsection (1) is to be treated as an authorisation to carry on the relevant activities by virtue of another enactment (see paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3 to that Act).

(3)In subsection (2), “relevant activities” means the activities authorised by the commission.