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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-designation-as-a-licensing-authority-no-2-order-2011/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2866",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-designation-as-a-licensing-authority-no-2-order-2011",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Application of existing legislation to licensed bodies",
  "text": "(1) The modifications set out in paragraph (2) apply to the provisions listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.\n(2) In any provision to which this paragraph applies—\n(a) any reference to a solicitor or solicitors shall be construed as including a reference to a licensed body;\n(b) any reference to a person's solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a licensed body which is acting for that person;\n(c) any reference to a solicitor's employee shall be construed as including a reference to an employee of a licensed body;\n(d) any reference to the address, place of business or office of a solicitor shall be construed, in relation to a licensed body, as a reference to the address specified by the licensed body as its address in the matter in question or, in the absence of a specified address, to its registered office and any reference to notices or other documents being sent or delivered to or served on a solicitor shall be construed accordingly;\n(e) “he”, “him” or “his” shall be construed in relation to a licensed body as meaning “it” or “its”.\n(3) The modifications set out in the second column of the table in Schedule 3 to this Order apply to the enactments and instruments to the extent specified in that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2866/article/8",
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  },
  "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."
}