Explanatory note

This Order brings into force on 12th March 1986 the following provisions of the Administration of Justice Act 1985:

(a) Section 12 and Schedule 3 (establishment of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers and supplementary provisions);

(b) section 2 (in part; examination of solicitors' files in connection with complaints), sections 4 and 5 (conditions imposed on practising certificates), section 7 (preparation of papers for probate by unqualified persons), section 8 and schedule 1 (minor amendments of the Solicitors Act 1974); and

(c) Section 46 (remuneration for work done before the making of legal aid order),

and on 28th April 1986 the following provision of that Act:

(d) Section 50 (power of High Court to appoint substitute for, or to remove, personal representative).