{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/9",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Legal services",
  "text": "(1) The provision of legal services by legal staff falls within section 2(2)(j) above.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, without prejudice to the generality of the term, “legal services” includes—\n(a) legal advice to any of the following, namely—\n(i) a defined authority or its elected members;\n(ii) any committee or sub-committee of a defined authority, or any other group of persons which reports to such an authority, committee or sub-committee; and\n(iii) any officer or department of a defined authority;\n(b) legal advice to any other person in relation to the discharge of any functions of a defined authority;\n(c) legal work in or in connection with any criminal or civil proceedings before any court or tribunal or at any inquiry;\n(d) conveyancing work in relation to property of any kind;\n(e) legal work in connection with any of the following, namely—\n(i) contracts or agreements of any kind;\n(ii) matters relating to property of any kind;\n(iii) a defined authority’s insurance arrangements;\n(iv) statutory orders, notices and byelaws and, in Scotland, management rules under sections 112 to 118 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 ; and\n(v) local or personal Bills or, in Scotland, private legislation within the meaning of section 82 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 ; and\n(f) legal work in connection with the provision of a legal service for a defined authority otherwise than by a member of its own staff.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (1) above “legal staff” means any of the following, or any person under their management or control, namely—\n(a) solicitors, legal executives, barristers and advocates;\n(b) licensed conveyancers within the meaning of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 ; and\n(c) qualified conveyancers within the meaning of section 23 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 11 inserted (10.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2884, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1982 c.45."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1973 c.65."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "1985 c.61."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "1990 c.40."
    }
  ],
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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."
}