Article 7 Qualifications to be held by legal representatives
A person may only represent a person bringing an appeal under section 52FK of the Act at a hearing before the court or act as his legal adviser if—
he is a person who has a general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990f1;
he is an advocate or a solicitor in Scotland;
he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland;
he is a person who has in any Commonwealth country or any colony rights and duties similar to those of a barrister or solicitor in England and Wales, and is subject to punishment or disability for breach of professional rules.
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Footnotes
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1990 c. 41; subsection (6) of section 71 was substituted, and subsections (7) and (8) were repealed, by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).