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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111124772",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 4—\n(a) in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (3) insert—\n“(4) For the purpose of making rules under section 31 of the Solicitors Act 1974 and section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)—\n(a) a reference to a sole solicitor is to be read as a reference to a sole practitioner; and\n(b) a reference to a recognised sole solicitor’s practice is to be read as a reference to a recognised sole practitioner’s practice (that is, to a sole practitioner’s practice for the time being recognised under section 9).”;\n(b) in paragraph 7—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1), omit—\n(aa) “1B,”;\n(bb) “13ZA, 13ZB,”; and\n(cc) “17A, 17B,”; and\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (1A)(b);\n(c) in paragraph 24—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(aa) after “The provisions of sections” insert “9(2F) to (2H) and (5), 10A,”; and\n(bb) for the words from “and for this purpose the reference to a person’s solicitor” to the end substitute—\n“and for this purpose—\n(a) the reference to a sole solicitor in sections 9 and 10A is to be read as a reference to a sole practitioner; and\n(b) the reference to a person’s solicitor in section 40(1) is to be read as a reference to a registered European lawyer acting for a person.”; and\n(ii) for sub-paragraph (2), substitute—\n“(2) The provisions of Schedule 2 to that Act apply to registered European lawyers as they apply to solicitors, and for that purpose—\n(a) reference to a sole solicitor is to be read as a reference to a sole practitioner;\n(b) reference to a recognised sole solicitor’s practice is to be read as a reference to a recognised sole practitioner’s practice (that is, to a sole practitioner’s practice for the time being recognised under section 9 of the 1985 Act);\n(c) reference to the roll is to be read as a reference to the register of European lawyers, and accordingly—\n(i) reference to a solicitor being suspended from practice is to be read as a reference to a European lawyer’s registration being suspended; and\n(ii) reference to a solicitor being struck off the roll is to be read as a reference to a European lawyer being struck off the register of European lawyers; and\n(d) reference to a person who is not a solicitor is to be read as a reference to a person who is neither a solicitor nor a registered European lawyer.”; and\n(d) in the Table—\n(i) omit the whole of the entries for section 1B; section 9(2); section 10(4)(a); section 10A(2)(b); section 13(1)(b), (4)(b) and (f); section 13ZA(1); section 13ZA(1), (2), (5) and (8)(b); section 13ZA(3); section 13ZA(2), (5), (6)(b) and (8)(c); section 13ZB and section 13A(2)(a);\n(ii) in the entry for section 13B(1) and (8)(b), in the right hand column, omit the second sentence (which makes provision about sole solicitor endorsement);\n(iii) in the entry for section 13B(6), in the right hand column, omit—\n(aa) “or from practice as a sole solicitor”; and\n(bb) “or suspension of a sole solicitor endorsement”;\n(iv) omit the whole of the entries for section 17A and section 17B;\n(v) in the entry for section 28(1)(c) to (d), in the right hand column, omit the second sentence (which makes provision about sole solicitor endorsement);\n(vi) in the entry for section 28(3B) to (3G), in the right hand column, omit the second and fourth sentences (which both make provision about sole solicitor endorsement); and\n(vii) in the entry for section 47, in the right hand column, omit the third sentence (which makes provision about suspension from practice as a sole solicitor) and the fourth sentence (which makes provision about sole solicitor endorsement).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 4 is amended, in so far as relevant, by S.I. 2009/1587."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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