# Administration of Justice Act 1985, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), references in this Schedule to a recognised body or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice are references to a body or sole solicitor’s practice . . . for the time being recognised under section 9 of this Act.
(2) References in this Schedule to a recognised body or a recognised sole solicitor’s practice in relation to—
(a) a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1)(a)); . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
include references to a body or sole solicitor’s practice . . . that was recognised under section 9 of this Act at the time when the conduct to which the complaint . . . relates took place.
(2A) References in this Schedule to a manager or employee of a recognised body, or to an employee in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice, in relation to a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 16(1A)(a)), include references to a person who was such a manager or employee at the time when the conduct to which the complaint relates took place.
(2B) In this Schedule references to employment in a recognised sole solicitor’s practice have the same meaning as in section 9.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) In section 87(1) of the 1974 Act the definitions of “client”, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” shall apply for the purposes of this Schedule; and for the purposes of—
(a) any provision of this Schedule in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body ; and
(b) any provision of the 1974 Act in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body by virtue of this Schedule,
they shall apply as if for any reference to a solicitor there were substituted a reference to a recognised body . . . .
(5) Subject to sub-paragraphs sub-paragraphs (4) and (6), any expression used in this Schedule which is also used in the 1974 Act has the same meaning as in that Act.
(6) In this Schedule—
“manager”, in relation to a body, has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 207 of that Act);
“registered European lawyer” has the same meaning as in section 9A;
“the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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