{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/61",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The powers conferred by Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1974 Act shall also be exercisable as mentioned in paragraph 32(1) of this Schedule where—\n(a) the Society is satisfied that there has been undue delay—\n(i) on the part of a recognised body in connection with any matter in which it is or was acting on behalf of a client or with any trust of which it is or was a trustee, or\n(ii) on the part of a person who is or was a manager or employee of a recognised body in connection with any trust of which the manager or employee is or was a trustee in his capacity as such a manager or employee;\n(b) the Society by notice in writing invites the body to give an explanation within such period following the giving of the notice as may be specified in it, being a period of not less than eight days; and\n(c) the body fails within that period to give an explanation which the Society regards as satisfactory; and\n(d) the Society gives notice of the failure to the body and (at the same or any later time) notice that the powers conferred by Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1974 Act are accordingly exercisable in its case by virtue of this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 33(a) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 120(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 33(c) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 120(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 33 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/schedule/2/paragraph/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:54.512365+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}