Prospective
15.—(1) Section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2) In subsection (1) the following shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (a)—
“(a)making provision as to the management and control by solicitors or registered European lawyers, or by such persons and other lawyers as permitted by rules made under this section, of bodies corporate carrying on business consisting of the provision of professional services such as are provided by individuals practising as solicitors of lawyers of other jurisdictions;”.
(3) In subsection (8)—
(a)the definition of “multi-national partnership” shall be deleted;
(b)for the definition of “registered foreign lawyer”, there shall be substituted the following—
““registered European lawyer” means a person who is registered with the Law Society under regulation 17 of the European Communities (Lawyers’s Practice) Regulations 2000 (1).”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 15 in force at 22.5.2000, see reg. 1(1)
S.I. 2000/1119.