# Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Paragraph 5


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a recognised body which knowingly shares any of its profits or fees with an unqualified person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in any of the following cases, namely—
(a) where a body corporate which has ceased its business as a recognised body receives from a recognised body a share of the profits or fees of that recognised body as a price or value of the body corporate's business; or
(b) where an agreement for sharing fees is made between a recognised body in Northern Ireland and a body or person carrying on the business or profession of providing professional legal services in some other part of the United Kingdom or in any country outside the United Kingdom; or
(c) where, for the purposes of making legal aid and advice more readily available to persons in need, the Council have directed in writing that sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to a non-profit making organisation.
(3) References in this paragraph to the profits and fees of a recognised body are to the profits and fees of the business of that body as a recognised body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/582/schedule/1A/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-northern-ireland-order-1976/schedule-1A/paragraph-5
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