8. In section 21 of the 1985 Act (professional indemnity and compensation)(1), for subsections (2A) and (2B) substitute—
“(2A) The power of the Council to make rules under subsection (2) shall apply in relation to the practices of licensed conveyancers mentioned in subsection (2B) as it applies to their practices as licensed conveyancers.
(2B) The practices referred to in subsection (2A) are the practices of licensed conveyancers which consist of carrying on a relevant activity by virtue of a licence issued under section 53 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990(2) (which provides for the Council to authorise the carrying on of certain reserved legal activities in relation to which the Council is designated as an approved regulator).
(2C) For the purposes of subsection (2B) “relevant activity” has the same meaning as in section 53 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.”.
Section 21 was amended by S.I. 2001/3649 and 2008/537.
Section 53 was amended by paragraphs 33 and 34 of Schedule 17, and Schedule 23, to the Legal Services Act 2007.