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Paragraph 6 Legal activitiesI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

Sections 65(4) and 69(3) (requirements to register foreign activity arrangements and foreign influence arrangements) do not apply in relation to a foreign activity arrangement or a foreign influence arrangement to the extent that the arrangement relates to the carrying on of a legal activity by a lawyer.

(2)

The following provisions do not apply to the carrying on of a legal activity by a lawyer—

(a)

section 68(1) to (3) (specified persons etc must not carry out unregistered activities);

(b)

section 72(1) (foreign powers etc must not carry out unregistered political influence activities).

(3)

“Lawyer” means—

(a)

a person who for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007 is an authorised person in relation to an activity that constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act),

(b)

a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland,

(c)

a solicitor or advocate in Scotland, or

(d)

a person who is a member, and entitled to practise as such, of a legal profession regulated in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom.

(4)

“Legal activity” means—

(a)

in England and Wales, a legal activity within the meaning of section 12 of the Legal Services Act 2007,

(b)

in Northern Ireland, a legal activity within the meaning of that section, but reading the reference to an activity which is a reserved legal activity as a reference to an activity corresponding to a reserved legal activity,

(c)

in Scotland, the provision of legal services within the meaning of section 3 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), or

(d)

acting as an arbitrator or mediator.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 15 para. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)

I2

Sch. 15 para. 6 in force at 1.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/674, reg. 2