207 Interpretation
Legal Services Act 2007 (2007 c 29) | Legislation

Interpretation

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(1)     In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

“barrister†means an individual who—

(a)     has been called to the Bar by an Inn of Court, and

(b)     is not disbarred by order of an Inn of Court;

[“the CMA†means the Competition and Markets Authority;]

“consumers†means (subject to subsection (3)) persons—

(a)     who use, have used or are or may be contemplating using, services within subsection (2),

(b)     who have rights or interests which are derived from, or are otherwise attributable to, the use of such services by other persons, or

(c)     who have rights or interests which may be adversely affected by the use of such services by persons acting on their behalf or in a fiduciary capacity in relation to them;

“conveyancing services†has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c 61) (licensed conveyancing) (see section 11(3) of that Act);

“court†includes—

(a)     a tribunal that [was] (to any extent) a listed tribunal for, or for any of, the purposes of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (functions etc of Administrative

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