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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/29",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Services Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) During the transitional period, every barrister is deemed to be authorised by the General Council of the Bar to carry on the activities in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) Those activities are—\n(a) the exercise of a right of audience before every court in relation to all proceedings;\n(b) reserved instrument activities;\n(c) probate activities;\n(d) the administration of oaths.\n(3) The authority conferred on a barrister by this paragraph is exercisable in accordance with, and subject to, the regulatory arrangements of the General Council of the Bar.\n(4) A person is not authorised under sub-paragraph (1) unless the person has in force a certificate issued by the General Council of the Bar authorising the person to practise as a barrister.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4 wholly in force at 1.1.2010, see s. 211 and S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(b)(ii) (subject to art. 4 and with art. 9)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/schedule/5/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:22.589914+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}