Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 85 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) by SI 2000/1119 Sch. 4 para. 24(2) (as substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(c)(ii))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
1(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), references in this Schedule to a recognised body [F2or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice] are references to a body [F3or sole solicitor’s practice] F4. . . for the time being recognised under section 9 of this Act.E+W
(2)References in this Schedule to a recognised body [F2or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice] in relation to—
(a)a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1)(a)); F5. . .
(b)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
include references to a body [F3or sole solicitor’s practice] F6. . . that was recognised under section 9 of this Act at the time when the conduct to which the complaint F7. . . relates took place.
[F8(2A)References in this Schedule to a manager or employee of a recognised body, [F9or to an employee in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice,] in relation to a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1A)(a)), include references to a person who was such a manager or employee at the time when the conduct to which the complaint relates took place.]
[F10(2B)In this Schedule references to employment in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice have the same meaning as in section 9.]
(3)F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)In section 87(1) of the 1974 Act the definitions of “client”, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” shall apply [F12for the purposes of this Schedule; and] for the purposes of—
(a)[F13any provision of this Schedule in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body] ; and
(b)any provision of the 1974 Act in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body by virtue of this Schedule,
[F14they shall apply] as if for any reference to a solicitor there were substituted a reference to a recognised body F15. . . .
(5)Subject to sub-paragraphs [F16sub-paragraphs (4) and (6)], any expression used in this Schedule which is also used in the 1974 Act has the same meaning as in that Act.
[F17(6)In this Schedule—
“manager”, in relation to a body, has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 207 of that Act);
“registered European lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 9A;
“the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) (2) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(a)(i)
F3Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) (2) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(a)(ii)
F4Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(a), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)
F5Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(b)(i), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)
F6Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(b)(ii), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)
F7Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(b)(iii), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)
F8Sch. 2 para. 1(2A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(c) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)
F9Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(2A) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(b)
F10Sch. 2 para. 1(2B) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(c)
F11Sch. 2 para. 1(3) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(d), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)
F12Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(4) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(d)(i)
F13Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(4)(a) substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(d)(ii)
F14Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(4) inserted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 20(2)(d)(iii)
F15Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(4) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(e), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)(f)(v)(bb)
F16Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(f) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)
F17Sch. 2 para. 1(6) substituted (30.8.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 86(g) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/1436, art. 2(d)(ii)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 para. 1 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2