Paragraph 2 Interpretation

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any expression used in this Schedule which is also used in the 1974 Act has the same meaning as in that Act.

(2)

In section 87(1) M1 of the 1974 Act the definitions of “client”, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” apply for the purposes of—

(a)

this Schedule; and

(b)

any provision of the 1974 Act in so far as it has effect in relation to a licensed body by virtue of this Schedule,

as if for any reference to a solicitor there were substituted a reference to a licensed body.

Annotations

M1: In section 87(1), the definition of “client” is amended by Schedule 4 to the Arbitration Act 1996 (c. 23); paragraph 12(a) of Schedule 1 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) and paragraph 21(1) and (6) of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). There are other amendments to section 87 but none are relevant to this Order.