Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Registered Foreign Lawyers Order 2009 and comes into force on the same day as paragraph 9 of Schedule 16 to the Legal Services Act 2007.

(2)

In this Order—

(a)

“the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974^f1;

(b)

“the 1985 Act” means the Administration of Justice Act 1985^f2;

(c)

“the 1990 Act” means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1974 c. 47. The Legal Services Act 2007 amends sections 11, 13, 13A, 13B, 16, 28, 32, 33A, 41, 42, 44B, 44C and 47, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1. It also inserts new sections 44D and 44E. Section 33A was inserted by section 48 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).
f2: 1985 c. 61. Section 177(b) of, and paragraphs 80, 96(b) and 97(c) of Schedule 16 to, the Legal Services Act 2007 insert new paragraphs 9(3) and 10(3) of Schedule 2.