{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/61",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1985",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Modification of existing enactments relating to conveyancing etc.",
  "text": "(1) In the following provisions, namely—\n(a) sections 69 and 75(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925; . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nany reference to a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a licensed conveyancer and any reference to a person’s solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a licensed conveyancer acting for that person.\n(2) In the following provisions, namely—\n(a) sections 10(2), 48 and 182 of the Law of Property Act 1925;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nany reference to a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a licensed conveyancer or to a recognised body which is a conveyancing services body , and any reference to a person’s solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a licensed conveyancer or such a recognised body acting for that person.\n(3) The Estate Agents Act 1979 shall not, by virtue of section 1 of that Act, apply to things done in the course of the provision of conveyancing services by a licensed conveyancer or a recognised body which is a conveyancing services body .\n(4) In this section “conveyancing services body” has the meaning given by section 32A.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 34(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 135, 136(2), Sch. 13 (with s. 129, Sch. 12 para. 1); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 34(2)(b) repealed (23.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 135, 136(2), Sch. 13 (with s. 129, Sch. 12 para. 1); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 34(2)(c)-(e) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 182, 210, 211, Sch. 17 para. 24, Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(c)(i)(f)(v)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 34(2)(f) and the word immediately preceeding it repealed (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, s. 66(3), Sch.10 (with Sch. 9 para. 5); S.I. 1996/1892, art. 3(1)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 34(2) inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 6(2); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 34(2) inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 6(3); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 34(3) inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 6(4); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 34(4) inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(6)(b), Sch. 19 para. 6(5); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1925 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 34 excluded by 1990 c. 41, s. 53(9B) (as inserted (29.6.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 87(7), 115(6)(a); S.I. 2015/1402, art. 2(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/section/34",
    "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."
}