Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21 E+W+S Minor and consequential amendments

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) E+W+S

42 E+W+S The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 43 and 44.

43 E+W+S In section 144 (rule committee and rules of procedure)—

(a) in subsection (3)(c), for from “granted” to “right” substitute “ authorised by a relevant approved regulator ”, and

(b) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) In this section “relevant approved regulator” is to be construed in accordance with section 20(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007.”

44 E+W+S In section 150 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of “legal representative” for “an authorised advocate” to the end substitute “ a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise of a right of audience or the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act); ”.