# Legal Services Act 2007, Paragraph 156


In Schedule 2 to the Companies Act 2006 (exceptions from restrictions on disclosure), in paragraph 67—
(a) for “solicitor, barrister, advocate” substitute “ relevant lawyer ”, and
(b) for “ “Foreign lawyer”” to the end substitute—
“In this paragraph—
“foreign lawyer” means a person (other than a relevant lawyer) who is a foreign lawyer within the meaning of section 89(9) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
“relevant lawyer” means—
(a) a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act),
(b) a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland, or
(c) a solicitor or advocate in Scotland.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/schedule/21/paragraph/156 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/schedule-21/paragraph-156
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