SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 21Minor and consequential amendments
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 34)
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In section 1 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (deeds and their execution)—
a
in subsection (5) for “a solicitor”
(in the first place) to “conveyancer”
(in the second place) substitute “
a relevant lawyer, or an agent or employee of a relevant lawyer
”
, and
b
in subsection (6) for the definition of “duly certificated notary public” substitute—
“relevant lawyer” means a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes a reserved instrument activity (within the meaning of that Act).