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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/schedule-23",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/29",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Services Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/23",
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  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Repeals",
  "text": "Short title and chapter\nExtent of repeal\nPublic Notaries Act 1801 (c. 79)\nIn section 1, “, or use and exercise the office of a notary, or do any notarial act,”.\nIn section 14, from “proctor” to “any other”.\nPublic Notaries Act 1843 (c. 90)\nSection 10.\nCommissioners for Oaths Act 1889 (c. 10)\nIn section 1(3), from “in which” (in the first place) to “solicitor, or”.\nChildren and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)\nIn section 49(11), the definition of “legal representative”.\nPublic Records Act 1958 (c. 51)\nIn Schedule 1, “The Legal Services Ombudsman.”\nParliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)\nIn Schedule 2, “Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board.” and “The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner.”\nSuperannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)\nIn Schedule 1, “Employment by the Legal Services Ombudsman” and “The office of the Legal Services Ombudsman”.\nPoisons Act 1972 (c. 66)\nIn section 9(7), “notwithstanding that he is not of counsel or a solicitor”.\nSolicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)\nIn section 1A—\n(a)“or” at the end of paragraph (b), and\n(b)in paragraph (c) “by the Council of the Law Society”.\nIn section 2—\n(a)in subsection (1), “, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls,”,\n(b)in subsection (3)(a)(i), “, whether by service under articles or otherwise,”,\n(c)in subsection (3)(a)(v), “articles may be discharged or”, and\n(d)subsections (4) and (5).\nSection 6(2) to (4).\nSection 8(5).\nSection 12.\nSection 12A.\nSection 14.\nIn section 17(1) and (2), “in the London Gazette”.\nSection 19.\nSections 22 to 23.\nIn section 26, “, 22 or 23”.\nSection 27.\nIn section 28—\n(a)in subsection (1), “, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Lord Chief Justice,”,\n(b)in subsection (1)(c), “and applications for them”,\n(c)subsections (2) and (3),\n(d)in subsection (3A), the “and” at the end of paragraph (b), and\n(e)subsections (4) and (5).\nIn section 31—\n(a)in subsection (1) “, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls,”, and\n(b)subsections (3) and (4).\nIn section 32(1)—\n(a)“, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls,”, and\n(b)from “and the rules” to the end.\nSection 32(2).\nIn section 32(4) “or (2)”.\nSection 32(6).\nIn section 33(2), “and the rules” to the end.\nIn section 33A(1) “, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls,”.\nSection 34(7) and (8).\nSection 37A.\nSection 40.\nSection 41(5).\nIn section 43(5)—\n(a)“by any solicitor”, and\n(b)from “but” to the end.\nSection 46(6) to (8).\nIn section 46(9) “, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls,”.\nIn section 47—\n(a)in subsection (2)(c), “not exceeding £5,000”, and\n(b)subsections (4) and (5).\nIn section 48(2)(b) “in the London Gazette”.\nIn section 49(4) “and the Master of the Rolls”.\nSection 49(7).\nSection 70(11).\nSections 76 to 78.\nSection 80(2).\nSections 81 and 81A.\nIn section 87(1) the definitions of—\n(a)“articles”,\n(b)“controlled trust”,\n(c)“duly certificated notary public”,\n(d)“employee”,\n(e)“indemnity conditions”,\n(f)“replacement date”, and\n(g)“training conditions”.\nSection 89(7).\nIn Schedule 1—\n(a)in paragraph 1(1)(h), “sole”, and\n(b)paragraph 1(2).\nSchedule 1A.\nSchedule 2.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 9.\nHouse of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)\nIn Part 2 of Schedule 1, “The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board.”\nIn Part 3 of Schedule 1, “The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner.” and “The Legal Services Ombudsman.”\nNorthern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)\nIn Part 2 of Schedule 1, “The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board.”\nIn Part 3 of Schedule 1, “The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner.” and “The Legal Services Ombudsman.”\nRace Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)\nIn Schedule 1A, in Part 2, “The Legal Services Consultative Panel.”\nPatents Act 1977 (c. 37)\nSection 102A.\nSolicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 46)\nSection 3A(5)(a) and (ad).\nSection 15(2)(j).\nIn section 20(2) “, 53A(2)(ba)”.\nSection 24C(2)(i).\nSection 34(4), (4C) and (4D).\nSections 38, 39, 42A and 42B.\nIn section 42C(1)—\n(a)paragraphs (a) and (c),\n(b)“to the solicitor or his firm or”, and\n(c)“or, where” to the end.\nIn section 42C(2)(a) and (b) “solicitor, firm or” (in each place).\nIn section 42C(3)—\n(a)in paragraph (a) “the solicitor or his firm or, as the case may be,”, and\n(b)in paragraph (b) from “of which the solicitor” to “be,”.\nIn section 42C(4) “38,” (in each place).\nSection 42C(5).\nIn section 51(2)—\n(a)“a solicitor may have been guilty” to “Fund) or”, and\n(b)“or a solicitor” to “services”.\nSection 51(2A).\nIn section 52(2)(aa) “42A(7) or”.\nSection 53(3), (10) and (11).\nSections 53A, 53B and 53C.\nSection 54(1), (2B) and (2C).\nSection 55(8).\nSection 56A.\nIn section 62A(1) and (2) “38,” (in each place).\nIn section 65—\n(a)in subsection (1), the definition of “inadequate professional services”, and\n(b)subsection (5).\nIn Schedule 3, in Part 2, in paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) “38,” (in each place).\nIn Schedule 4, in Part 2—\n(a)in paragraph 9(a) and (b) “or, as the case may be, of provision of inadequate professional services” (in each place),\n(b)paragraph 16(f) and (g), and\n(c)in paragraph 23 “, 42A(7)”.\nIn the side-note to section 62A “38,”.\nMental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 38(a).\nCounty Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 49.\nProsecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)\nSection 4(6).\nAdministration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)\nSection 2.\nSection 4.\nSections 6 and 7.\nIn section 9—\n(a)in subsection (1)(c) “corporate”,\n(b)subsection (4),\n(c)in subsection (5) “corporate”,\n(d)in subsection (8) the definition of “officer”, and in the definition of “recognised body”, “corporate”, and\n(e)subsection (9).\nIn section 10—\n(a)in subsection (1) “corporate” (in both places), and\n(b)in subsection (2) “corporate”.\nSection 11(4).\nSection 12(2).\nSection 15(7) and (8).\nIn section 20(1) “, in pursuance of its general duty referred to in section 12(2),”.\nIn section 22(3)(a) “qualified”.\nIn section 24—\n(a)in subsection (1), paragraph (b) and the “or” immediately preceding it,\n(b)in that subsection the words from “with a view” to the end,\n(c)subsection (2),\n(d)in subsection (3), “or (2)”, “or complaint” (in both places) and “or paragraph (b)”, and\n(e)in subsection (5), “or complaint” (in both places).\nSection 26(2)(g), (5) and (6).\nIn section 29(1), “or” at the end of paragraph (b).\nIn section 31—\n(a)in subsection (2), “or complaint” (in each place) and “or paragraph (b)”, and\n(b)in subsection (4), “or complaint”.\nIn section 32—\n(a)in subsection (2) “corporate”,\n(b)subsection (3)(d),\n(c)in subsection (3)(e) “corporate”,\n(d)subsections (4) and (5), and\n(e)in subsection (6)(a) “corporate”.\nSection 34(2)(c) to (e).\nIn section 35(2), “corporate”.\nSection 38(1).\nIn section 39(1)—\n(a)in the definition of “client”, in paragraph (a) “or his firm”,\n(b)the definitions of “director” and “officer”, and\n(c)in the definition of “recognised body”, “corporate”.\nIn Schedule 1 paragraphs 5, 8(3), 9 and 14.\nIn Schedule 2—\n(a)in paragraph 1(1) “corporate”,\n(b)in paragraph 1(2)—\n(i)paragraph (b) and the “or” immediately preceding it,\n(ii)“corporate”, and\n(iii)“or application”,\n(d)paragraph 1(3),\n(e)in paragraph 1(4) from “, and for those purposes” to the end,\n(f)paragraph 4(2),\n(g)paragraphs 11, 12 and 13,\n(h)in paragraph 16(1), in paragraph (a) “in the United Kingdom”,\n(i)in paragraph 17(a) “11(1), 15(2) or” and “13(3) or”,\n(j)paragraph 18(1)(d) and the “or” immediately preceding it,\n(k)in paragraph 18(2) “not exceeding £3,000”,\n(l)paragraph 18(3) and (4),\n(m)paragraph 20(2),\n(n)in paragraph 31 “or (2)”,\n(o)paragraph 32(2),\n(p)in paragraph 34(1), “corporate” (in both places), and\n(q)in paragraph 35, in paragraph (a) “corporate” and the “and” at the end of paragraph (b).\nIn Schedule 3, paragraphs 2(3) and 3.\nIn Schedule 4, paragraphs 1(3) and (4) and 3.\nIn Schedule 5, paragraph 1(2).\nIn Schedule 6—\n(a)in paragraph 1 “corporate” (in both places), and in sub-paragraph (2) “or complaint” (in both places) and “or (b)”,\n(b)in paragraph 3(1), in paragraph (a)(i) “by any court in the United Kingdom”, paragraph (b), and from “with a view” to the end,\n(c)paragraph 3(2),\n(d)paragraph 4(2)(c),\n(e)paragraph 4(3), (3A) and (4),\n(f)in paragraph 7(1) and (2) “corporate”,\n(g)in paragraph 8(1), “corporate”,\n(h)paragraph 9(2),\n(i)paragraph 10(2),\n(j)in paragraph 12(1), “corporate” (in both places),\n(k)in paragraph 13, in paragraph (a) “corporate”, and the “and” at the end of paragraph (b),\n(l)paragraph 15.\nIn Schedule 9, paragraphs 2, 4 and 6.\nInsolvency Act 1985 (c. 65)\nIn Schedule 8, paragraph 25.\nSocial Security Act 1986 (c. 50)\nIn section 56(1), “although not a barrister or solicitor”.\nBuilding Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)\nIn Schedule 18, paragraph 11(2) and (3).\nCopyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)\nSection 279.\nIn section 280—\n(a)in subsection (3) “or” at the end of paragraph (b), and\n(b)subsection (4).\nSection 292.\nLaw of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 34)\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 8.\nLaw Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40)\nSection 33.\nCourts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)\nSections 17, 18 and 18A.\nSections 21 to 29.\nSections 31 and 31A.\nSections 34 to 52.\nIn section 53—\n(a)subsection (5), and\n(b)subsection (9)(e).\nSections 54 and 55.\nSection 63.\nSections 68 to 70.\nSection 73(5)(d).\nSection 86 to 88.\nSection 90.\nSection 93.\nSection 94(1) and (2).\nSection 96.\nSection 113.\nIn section 119(1), the definitions of—\n(a)“authorised advocate”,\n(b)“authorised body” and “appropriate authorised body”,\n(c)“authorised litigator”,\n(d)“authorised practitioner”,\n(e)“Consultative Panel”,\n(f)“duly certificated notary public”,\n(g)“the general principle”,\n(h)“qualified person”, and\n(i)“the statutory objective”.\nIn section 120—\n(a)in subsection (4), “26(1), 37(10), 40(1)”, and from “paragraph 24” to “Schedule 9”, and\n(b)subsection (5).\nSchedules 3 to 7.\nIn Schedule 8, paragraphs 7, 11, 13 to 20, 21(1)(b) and 23.\nSchedule 9.\nIn Schedule 10, paragraph 64.\nIn Schedule 14—\n(a)in paragraph 1, the definitions of “controlled trust” and “the Council”,\n(b)paragraph 2(3) and (5),\n(c)in paragraph 5—\n(i)in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b), “by virtue of his being a member of that partnership”, and\n(ii)sub-paragraph (4),\n(c)paragraph 14(2),\n(d)in paragraph 14(3) “to him”,\n(e)in paragraph 15, in sub-paragraph (4)(c) “not exceeding £5,000”, and sub-paragraph (5),\n(f)in paragraph 17(2), “and the Master of the Rolls”, and\n(g)paragraph 17(4).\nSchedule 15.\nIn Schedule 17, paragraphs 4, 8, 10 and 20.\nIn Schedule 18—\n(a)in paragraph 1(1), “ “The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board”” and “ “The Conveyancing Ombudsman””,\n(b)paragraph 1(2), and\n(c)paragraphs 9 to 12, 18, 20 and 56.\nEnvironmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)\nIn section 114(4), “, although not of counsel or a solicitor,”.\nFriendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40)\nIn Schedule 21, paragraph 5.\nTrade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)\nIn section 194(2), “, although not of counsel or a solicitor,”.\nStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50)\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 3.\nTrade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26)\nSection 85.\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 5.\nAgricultural Tenancies Act 1995 (c. 8)\nSection 35.\nEnvironment Act 1995 (c. 25)\nIn section 54, “although not of counsel or a solicitor”.\nBank of England Act 1998 (c. 11)\nSection 41(4).\nIn Schedule 5, paragraph 67.\nNational Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39)\nSection 33(1)(a).\nAccess to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)\nSections 35(2) to (4), 36, 37 and 40 to 42.\nIn section 44(1), “is employed by”.\nIn section 46—\n(a)subsection (2)(b) and the word “but” immediately preceding it, and\n(b)subsections (3) to (6).\nSection 47.\nSections 49 to 52.\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 46.\nSchedule 5.\nIn Schedule 6, paragraphs 1 to 3, 5 to 8 and 11.\nIn Schedule 7, paragraphs 7(2)(a) and 10 to 12.\nSchedule 8.\nIn Schedule 14, paragraph 14.\nImmigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)\nIn section 86—\n(a)subsections (1)(a), (d) and (e),\n(b)subsection (4)(b),\n(c)in subsection 5(a), “England and Wales or”, and\n(d)subsection (6)(a).\nIn Schedule 5—\n(a)paragraph 3(6)(b),\n(b)paragraph 4(2)(b),\n(c)in paragraph 4(3)(a) “England and Wales or”, and\n(d)paragraph 4(4)(a).\nTrustee Act 2000 (c. 29)\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 37.\nFreedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)\nIn Part 6 of Schedule 1—\n(a)“The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board.”,\n(b)“The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner.”,\n(c)“The Legal Services Consultative Panel.”, and\n(d)“The Legal Services Ombudsman.”\nEnterprise Act 2002 (c. 40)\nIn Schedule 25, paragraph 23(2) to (6) and (10).\nPensions Act 2004 (c. 35)\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 21.\nConstitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)\nIn Schedule 4, paragraphs 92 and 202.\nIn Schedule 11, paragraphs . . . 21(3) and 23(2) and (3).\nMental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9)\nIn Schedule 6, paragraph 22(2).\nSerious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)\nIn Part 3 of Schedule 7, paragraph 42(2).\nNatural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16)\nIn section 12(2) “even though he is not a barrister or solicitor”.\nCompensation Act 2006 (c. 29)\nSection 5(3), (4)(c) and (5).\nSection 15(6).\nNational Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41)\nIn section 194(4), “, although he is not a barrister or solicitor,”.\nNational Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42)\nIn section 142(4), “, although he is not a barrister or solicitor,”.\nLegal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5)\nSection 77.",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 23 repealed (12.11.2009) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 177, 178, 182(1)(j)(v), Sch. 21 para. 97, Sch. 23 Pt. 9"
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 23 partly in force: Sch. 23 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 211; Sch. 23 in force for certain purposes at 7.3.2008 by S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(n); Sch. 23 in force for certain further purposes at 30.6.2008 and 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/1436, arts. 2(g), 3(c); Sch. 23 in force for certain further purposes at 31.3.2009 by S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(f); Sch. 23 in force for certain further purposes at 1.7.2009 by S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(c); Sch. 23 in force for certain further purposes at 1.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h) (subject to art. 6 and with art. 9)"
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 23 in force at 6.10.2010 for specified purposes by S.I. 2010/2089, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 23 in force at 1.1.2011 for specified purposes by S.I. 2010/2089, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 23 in force at 1.10.2011 for specified purposes by S.I. 2011/2196, art. 2(1)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "Sch. 23 in force at 31.12.2011 for specified purposes by S.I. 2010/2089, art. 4(b)"
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