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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-incorporated-practices-order-1991/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2684",
  "legislation_title": "The Solicitors' Incorporated Practices Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-incorporated-practices-order-1991",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Modifications of existing legislation",
  "text": "In any enactment or instrument to which this article applies:–\n(a) any reference to a solicitor or solicitors shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body;\n(b) any reference to a firm of solicitors shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body;\n(c) any reference to a solicitor’s firm shall be construed, in relation to a solicitor who is a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in a recognised body, as a reference to that recognised body;\n(d) any reference to a solicitor’s partner shall be construed, in relation to a solicitor who is a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in a recognised body, as a reference to that recognised body or to any other solicitor who is a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in that recognised body or to a recognised body which is itself a member of or a beneficial owner of any share in that recognised body;\n(e) any reference to a solicitor’s partner shall be construed, in relation to a recognised body which is itself a partner of that solicitor, as including a reference to any other solicitor who is a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in that recognised body or to another recognised body which is itself a member of or a beneficial owner of any share in that recognised body;\n(f) any reference to a partner in or of a firm of solicitors shall be construed, in relation to a recognised body, as a reference to a solicitor who is a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in that recognised body or to another recognised body which is itself a member of or a beneficial owner of any share in that recognised body;\n(g) any reference to the employee or clerk of a solicitor, solicitors or a firm of solicitors shall be construed, in relation to a recognised body, as including a reference to a director, employee or clerk of that recognised body or any other recognised body which is its holding, associated or subsidiary company;\n(h) any reference to a solicitor’s employee or clerk shall be construed, in relation to a solicitor who is a director or employee of a recognised body, as including a reference to a director, employee or clerk of that recognised body or any other recognised body which is its holding, associated or subsidiary company;\n(i) any reference to the agent or client of a solicitor, solicitors or a firm of solicitors shall be construed, in relation to a recognised body, as including a reference to an agent or client of that recognised body;\n(j) any reference to a solicitor’s agent or client shall be construed, in relation to a solicitor who is a director or employee of a recognised body, as including a reference to an agent or client of that recognised body;\n(k) any reference to a person’s solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to a recognised body which is acting for that person;\n(l) any reference to a solicitor’s practice or to the business of a solicitor shall be construed as including a reference to the practice or business of a recognised body;\n(m) any reference to a solicitor carrying on the business of a solicitor shall be construed, in relation to a solicitor who is a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in a recognised body, as including a reference to his participation in the business of that recognised body;\n(n) any reference to the address, place of business, business address, office or offices of a solicitor, solicitors or a firm of solicitors shall be construed, in relation to a recognised body, as a reference to the address specified by the recognised body as its address in the matter in question, or, in the absence of a specified address, to its registered office and any reference to notices or other documents being sent or delivered to or served on a solicitor, solicitors or firm of solicitors shall be construed accordingly;\n(o) “he”, “him” or “his” shall be construed in relation to a recognised body as meaning “it” or “its”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2684/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:33:46.337332+00:00"
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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."
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