The Solicitors' Incorporated Practices Order 1991

SCHEDULE 2

STATUTES WHICH APPLY TO RECOGNISED BODIES WITH ADDITIONS, OMMISSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

Chapter	Short Title	Extent and modifications
1849 c. 78	House of Lords Costs Taxation Act	Section 2 – the reference to the bill or accompanying letter being subscribed with proper hand of the “solicitor, or in the case of a partnership by any of the partners, either with his own name or with the name of such partnership” shall be construed, in relation to a recognised body, as a reference to the bill or accompanying letter being subscribed by a director of that recognised body.
1974 c. 23	Juries Act	Schedule 1 Part 1 Group B – The first reference to “solicitors” shall not be construed as applying to recognised bodies.
1979 c. 38	Estate Agents Act	Section 1(2)(a) & 1(5)(a) – “practising solicitor” includes a recognised body practising as such.
1981 c. 54	Supreme Court Act	Sections 100(5), 101(2) & 102(6) – the references to the partner of a deputy district registrar or time registrar shall be construed as if they were references to a solicitor’s partner.
1984 c. 28	County Courts Act	Sections 10(5), 13(1) & 13(2) – the reference to the partner of an officer of the court, deputy registrar and part-time registrar shall be construed as if they were references to a solicitor’s partner.
		Section 60(1) – the reference to the name of the firm of which the solicitor is a director or employee of a recognised body, as a reference to the name of that recognised body.
		Section 60(1)(d) – the first reference to “solicitor” does not include a recognised body. The reference to “a solicitor on therecord”includes a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for a party to them.
		Section 60(1)(e) – the first reference to “solicitor” does not include a recognised body. The reference to “a solicitor on the record”includes a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for a party to them.
		Section 60(1)(f) – the first reference to “solicitor” does not include a recognised body. The reference to “a solicitor so engaged” includes a recognised body engaged as an agent by a solicitor on the record as defined in Section 60(1)(c) or by a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for a party to them.
1988 c. 48	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act	Section 278(1) – the reference to “a solicitor” does not include a recognised body. The reference to “a firm of solicitors” being described as “a firm of patent attorneys” shall be construed as including a recognised body being described as “patent attorneys”.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS WHICH APPLY TO RECOGNISED BODIES WITH ADDITIONS, OMISSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

Reference	Title	Extent and modifications
S.I. 1939/1466	Prize Court Rules	Order XII, Rule 6 – the reference to a “person in partnership” with a commissioner shall be construed as if it were a reference to a solicitor’s partner.
S.I. 1956/962	Foreign Compensation Commission Rules	In Rule 33(1)(d), the first, second and fourth references to “solicitor” shall include a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings.
S.I. 1959/640	Foreign Compensation Commission (Egyptian Claims) Rules	In Rule 33(1)(d) the first, second and fourth reference to “solicitor” shall not be construed as referring to a recognised body. “That solicitor” shall include a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings.
S.I. 1964/388	Prison Rules	Rule 99(1) – in the definition of “legal adviser”, in relation to visits to a prisoner, “solicitor” shall not include a recognised body but “a clerk acting on behalf of his solicitor” shall include a clerk acting on behalf of a recognised body. In relation to correspondence, “solicitor” shall include a recognised body.
S.I. 1965/1776	Rules of the Supreme Court Revision	Order 75 Rule 16 – the first and second references to “solicitor” in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a recognised body.
		Order 81 Rule 3(2)(b) – the reference in sub-paragraph (i) to “the plaintiff’s solicitor” does not apply to a recognised body. The reference to “that solicitor” shall be construed as including a recognised body acting for the plaintiff.
		Order 106 Rule 7(a) & (e) – the references to “every member of the firm” shall not apply in the case of a recognised body.
S.I. 1969/842	Foreign Compensation Commission (USSR) Rules Approval Instrument	Rule 37(1)(d) – the first, second & fourth references to “solicitor” shall not be construed as referring to a recognised body. “That solicitor” shall include a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings.
S.I. 1970/596	General Medical Council Disciplinary Committee (Procedure) Rules Order of Council “The Solicitor” has the meaning assigned to it by Rule 2(1) of the Order as hereby applied and modified; “any Solicitor”refers to an individual solicitor only; and the reference to any member of a firm of solicitors shall be construed in relation to a recognised body as meaning a solicitor who is a director or employee of that body.
S.I. 1972/219	Foreign Compensation Commission (Egypt) Rules Approval Instrument	Rule 37(1)(d) – the first, second & fourth reference to “solicitor” shall not be construed as referring to a recognised body. “That solicitor” shall include a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings.
S.I. 1974/1286	Land Charges Rules	Rule 6 – the reference to “a practising solicitor” shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body practising as such.
S.I. 1976/1646	Foreign Compensation Commission (Roumania) Rules Approval Instrument	Rule 37(1)(d) – the first, third, fifth & seventh references to “solicitor” do not refer to a recognised body. The references to “a solicitor on the record” shall be construed as including a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant. The reference to “a solicitor so engaged” shall be construed as including a recognised body engaged as an agent by a solicitor or recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant.
S.I. 1976/1777	Hong Kong Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Rules Order	Schedule – in para. 9, the first reference to “solicitor” does not apply to a recognised body.
S.I. 1980/860	General Medical Council (Fraud or Error in relation to Registration) Rules, Order of Council	“The Solicitor” has the meaning assigned to it by Appendix, Rule 2 of the Order as hereby applied and modified; “any Solicitor” refers to an individual solicitor only; and the reference to any member of a firm of solicitors shall be construed in in relation to a recognised body as meaning a solicitor who is a director or employee of that body.
S.I. 1982/1110	Foreign Compensation Commission (Czechoslavakia) Rules Approval Instrument	Rule 37(1)(d) – the first, third, fifth & seventh references to “solicitor” do not refer to a recognised body. The references to “a solicitor on the record” shall be construed as including a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant. The reference to “a solicitor so engaged” shall be construed as including a recognised body engaged as an agent by a solicitor or recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant.
S.I. 1987/143	Foreign Compensation Commission (USSR) Rules Approval Instrument	Rule 28(d) – the first, third, fifth & seventh references to solicitor do not refer Instrument to a recognised body. The references to “a solicitor on the record” shall be construed as including a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant. The reference to “a solicitor so engaged” shall be construed as including a recognised body engaged as an agent by a solicitor or recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant.
S.I. 1987/2174	General Medical Council Health Committee (Procedure) Rules, Order of Council	“The solicitor” has the meaning assigned to it by Appendix, Rule 2(1) of the Order as hereby applied and modified; the reference to “any Solicitor” refers to an individual solicitor only; and the reference to any partner of a firm of solicitors shall be construed in relation to a recognised body as meaning a solicitor who is a director or employee of that body.
S.I. 1988/153	Foreign Compensation Commission (People’s Republic of China) Rules Approval Instrument	Rule 28(d) – the first, third, fifth & seventh references to “solicitor” do not refer to a recognised body. The references to “a solicitor on the record” shall be construed as including a recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant. The reference to “a solicitor so engaged” shall be construed as including a recognised body engaged as an agent by a solicitor or recognised body acting generally in the proceedings for an applicant.
S.I. 1988/646	Banking Act 1987 (Exempt Transactions) Regulations	Regulation 8(1) – the reference to “a practising solicitor in the course of his profession” shall be construed as including a recognised body in the course of providing professional services such as are provided by individuals practising as solicitors or by multi-national partnerships as defined in section 89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
		Regulation 8(2) – the definition “practising solicitor” shall also include a recognised body; but the words “a firm of practising solicitors” shall have no reference to a recognised body or recognised bodies.
S.I. 1988/2255	General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) Rules Order of Council	“The Solicitor” has the meaning assigned to it by Appendix, Rule 2(1) of the Order as hereby applied and modified; “any solicitor” refers to an individual solicitor Council only; and the reference to any partner of a firm of solicitors shall be construed in relation to a recognised body as meaning a solicitor who is a director or employee of that body.
S.I. 1989/1837	General Medical Council Professional Conduct Committee (EC Practitioners) (Procedure) Rules Order of Council “The Solicitor” has the meaning assigned to it by Appendix, Rule 2(1) of the General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) Rules 1988 (S.I. 2255) as applied and modified by this Schedule.