SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 18 Consequential Amendments
The Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)
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In section 20 of that Act (unqualified person not to act as solicitor) the following subsections shall be added at the end—
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A person exempted from the provisions of section 23(1) by virtue of section 23(2) or (3) of this Act or section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 may, in any non-contentious or common form probate business, apply for a grant of probate or for letters of administration or oppose such an application without committing an offence under this section.
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In subsection (3) “non-contentious or common form probate business” has the same meaning as in section 128 of the Supreme Court Act 1981.