SCHEDULE 3 Exempt Persons

SCHEDULE 3 Exempt Persons

Section 19

Rights of audience

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(1)     This paragraph applies to determine whether a person is an exempt person for the purpose of exercising a right of audience before a court in relation to any proceedings (subject to paragraph 7).

(2)     The person is exempt if the person—

(a)     is not an authorised person in relation to that activity, but

(b)     has a right of audience granted by that court in relation to those proceedings.

(3)     The person is exempt if the person—

(a)     is not an authorised person in relation to that activity, but

(b)     has a right of audience before that court in relation to those proceedings granted by or under any enactment.

(4)     The person is exempt if the person is the Attorney General or the Solicitor General and—

(a)     the name of the person is on the roll kept by the Law Society under section 6 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c 47), or

(b)     the person has been called to the Bar by an Inn of Court.

(5)     The person is exempt if the person is the Advocate General for Scotland and is admitted—

(a)     as a solicitor

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