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<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2007" Number="0029">Legal Services Act 2007</Citation>
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Commentary on Sections<CitationSubRef id="c00077" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/part/3" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-3">Part 3</CitationSubRef>: Reserved Legal ActivitiesBackground
<CitationSubRef id="c00158" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/section/23" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-23">Section 23</CitationSubRef>: Transitional protection for non-commercial bodies
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Section 23 ensures that, during a transitional period, non-commercial bodies (as defined by section 23(2)) are entitled to carry on reserved activities without committing an offence. Without this, they would be unable to operate before the ABS licensing regime came into effect.