Part 2 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c 41)
Legal Services Act 2007 (2007 c 29) | Legislation

Part 2 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c 41)

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The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 is amended in accordance with this Part.

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(1)     Section 53 (the Council for Licensed Conveyancers) is amended as follows.

(2)     For subsections (1) to (3) substitute—

“(1)     The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has the powers necessary to enable it to become designated as an approved regulator in relation to one or more of the reserved legal activities within subsection (1A).

(1A)     The reserved legal activities to which this subsection applies are—

(a)     the exercise of a right of audience;

(b)     the conduct of litigation;

(c)     probate activities.

(2)     If the Council becomes an approved regulator in relation to one or more of those activities, it may, in that capacity, authorise a person to carry on a relevant activity only if the person is a licensed conveyancer.

(3)     Where the Council authorises a licensed conveyancer to carry on a relevant activity, it is to do so by issuing a licence to the licensed conveyancer.â€

(3)     Omit subsection (5).

(4)     For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)     Where the Council exercises any of its powers in connection with—

(a)     an application

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