Paragraph 1 F1
Subject to sub‐paragraph (2), references in this Schedule to a recognised body are references to a body corporate for the time being recognised under Article 26A.
References in this Schedule to a recognised body F2in relation to a complaint (other than such a complaint as is mentioned in paragraph 19(1)(a)) include references to a body corporate that was recognised under Article 26A at the time when the conduct to which the complaint F3... relates took place.
References in this Schedule to an officer of a recognised body include references to a director, manager or secretary of that bodyF4 and references in this Schedule to a director, in relation to a limited liability partnership, are references to a member of the limited liability partnership .
In Article 3(2) the definitions of “client”, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” shall apply for the purposes of—
this Schedule; and
any other provision of this Order in so far as it has effect in relation to a recognised body by virtue of this Schedule,
as if for any reference to a solicitor there were substituted a reference to a recognised body; and for those purposes “controlled trust”, in relation to a recognised body, means a trust of which it is sole trustee or co-trustee only with one or more of its officers or employees and “unqualified person” does not include a recognised body.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
Words in Sch. 1A para. 1(2) substituted (1.9.2025) by Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 14), s. 55, Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(a)(i); S.R. 2025/143, art. 2(1)
- F3
Words in Sch. 1A para. 1(2) repealed (1.9.2025) by Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 14), s. 55, Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(a)(ii), Sch. 5; S.R. 2025/143, art. 2(1)
- F4
SR 2004/307