{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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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/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Council shall consist of—\n(a) not more than ten persons who are—\n(i) licensed conveyancers; ...\n(ia) licensed CLC practitioners; or\n(ii) other persons practising as authorised persons in the course of a business which is carried on either by a recognised body or by a licensed body which holds a licence granted by the Council ; and\n(b) not more than eleven persons who are lay persons,\nbeing persons appointed as members of the Council in accordance with a scheme under paragraph 4.\n(2) The Council shall in accordance with any such scheme appoint one of its members to be chairman of the Council.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (1)—\n“authorised person” has the meaning given by section 32A;\n“lay person” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (see paragraph 2 of that Schedule).\n“licensed body” has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (see section 71).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 substituted (30.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(3), 9(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(i) omitted (29.6.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 8(a); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a), (ia) inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 8(b); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(ii) substituted (12.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(4), 9(3)(a); S.I. 2011/2038"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(3) inserted (12.9.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1716), arts. 2(4), 9(3)(b); S.I. 2011/2038"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}