# The European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000 (revoked) S.I. 2000/1119 · made 8 April 2000 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-lawyers-practice-regulations-2000-revoked/pdf/uksi_20001119_en.pdf ## Introductory text LEGAL PROFESSION, ENGLAND AND WALES LEGAL PROFESSION, NORTHERN IRELAND Made 8th April 2000 Laid 19th April 2000 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: INTRODUCTORY ## 1 Citation, commencement and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Purpose of Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exchange of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BY A REGISTERED EUROPEAN LAWYER ## 6 Practice of professional activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Title and description to be used by a registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Joint practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Name of joint practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Notification of joint practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Representation in legal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Property transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Probate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Legal aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: REGISTRATION ## 15 Establishment and maintenance of registers of European lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Application to be entered on a register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Registration by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Restrictions on registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Time limit for decision and notification by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Appeal by European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Offence of pretending to be a registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Costs and fees of an unregistered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Evidence of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Publication of names of registered European lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: REGULATION AND DISCIPLINE ## 25 Rules of professional conduct applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Disciplinary proceedings applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Disciplinary proceedings against a registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Disciplinary proceedings against a solicitor or barrister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: ENTRY INTO THE PROFESSION OF SOLICITOR OR BARRISTER ## 29 Application by registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Decision by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Evidence in support of application for exemption under regulation 29(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Evidence in support of application for exemption under regulation 29(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Meaning of “effectively and regularly pursued” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Time limit for decision and notification by professional body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Appeal by registered European lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Practice under the title of solicitor or barrister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS ## 37 Modification of enactments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 APPEALS CONCERNING REGISTRATION AS A EUROPEAN LAWYER, EXEMPTION FROM REGULATION 34(a) OF THE QUALIFICATION REGULATIONS AND ENTRY INTO THE PROFESSION OF SOLICITOR OR BARRISTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 COMPETENT AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS ## 1 ENACTMENTS RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND LEGAL AID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 ENACTMENTS RESERVING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES TO SOLICITORS, BARRISTERS AND OTHER QUALIFIED PERSONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 ENACTMENTS RELATING TO UNQUALIFIED PERSONS ACTING AS SOLICITORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: EXTENSION OF ENACTMENTS IN RELATION TO THE REGISTRATION OF EUROPEAN LAWYERS WITH THE LAW SOCIETY ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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Schedule 5: EXTENSION OF ENACTMENTS IN RELATION TO THE REGISTRATION OF EUROPEAN LAWYERS WITH THE LAW SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1119 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-lawyers-practice-regulations-2000-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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