Courts and LegalServices Act 1990
CHAPTER 41
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Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990 
CHAPTER 41 
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
PART I 
PROCEDURE ETC. IN CIVIL COURTS 
Allocation and transfer of business 
Allocation of business between High Court and county courts. 
Transfer of proceedings between courts. 
Remedies 
3. Remedies available in county courts. 
Witness statements. 
Evidence given in arbitrations on small claims. 
7. Appeals to Court of Appeal. 
8. Powers of Court of Appeal to award damages. 
Family proceedings 
9. Allocation of family proceedings which are within the jurisdiction 
of county courts. 
10. Family proceedings in magistrates' courts and related matters. 
Miscellaneous 
11. Representation in certain county court cases. 
12. Penalty for failure to warn that hearing will not be attended. 
13. Administration orders. Section 
2. 
4. Costs. Costs 
Evidence 
5. 
6. 
Appeals 
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14. Assessors. 
15. Enforcement. 
16. County court rules. 
PART II 
LEGAL SERVICES 
Introductory 
17. The statutory objective and the general principle. 
18. The statutory duty. 
The Advisory Committee 
19. The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education 
and Conduct. 
20. Duties of the Advisory Committee. 
The Legal Services Ombudsman 
21. The Legal Services Ombudsman. 
22. Ombudsman's functions. 
23. Recommendations. 
24. Advisory functions. 
25. Procedure and offences. 
26. Extension of Ombudsman's remit. 
Rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation 
27. Rights of audience. 
28. Rights to conduct litigation. 
29. Authorised bodies: designation and approval of regulations and 
rules. 
30. Revocation of authorised body's designation. 
31. The General Council of the Bar. 
32. The Law Society: rights of audience. 
33. The Law Society: rights to conduct litigation. 
Extension of conveyancing services 
34. The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board. 
35. Functions of the Board and financial provisions. 
36. Provision of conveyancing services by authorised practitioners. 
37. Authorisation of practitioners. 
38. Refusal of approval and imposition of conditions. 
39. Revocation and suspension of authorisation. 
40. Regulations about competence and conduct etc. of authorised 
practitioners. 
41. The Conveyancing Appeal Tribunals. 
42. Appeals from Tribunals on points of law. 
43. The Conveyancing Ombudsman Scheme. 
44. Compensation scheme. 
45. Advisory and supervisory functions of Director General of Fair 
Trading. 
46. Investigatory powers of Director. 
47. Power to obtain information and require production of 
documents. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 iii 
Section 
48. Investigations on behalf of Board. 
49. Restrictions on disclosure of information. 
50. Exceptions from restrictions on disclosure. 
51. Board's intervention powers. 
52. Board's intervention powers: supplemental provisions. 
Licensed conveyancers 
53. The Council for Licensed Conveyancers. 
Probate services 
54. Preparation of papers for probate etc. 
55. Preparation of probate papers etc: exemption from section 23(1) 
of Solicitors Act 1974. 
56. Administration of oaths etc. by justices in certain probate 
business. 
Notaries 
57. Notaries. 
Miscellaneous 
58. Conditional fee agreements. 
59. Representation under the Legal Aid Act 1988. 
60. Regulation of right of Scottish and Northern Ireland lawyers to 
practise in England and Wales. 
61. Right of barrister to enter into contract for the provision of his 
services. 
62. Immunity of advocates from actions in negligence and for breach 
of contract. 
63. Legal professional privilege. 
64. Discrimination by, or in relation to, barristers. 
65. Discrimination by, or in relation to, advocates. 
66. Multi-disciplinary and multi-national practices. 
67. Rights of audience for solicitors in certain Crown Court centres. 
68. Preparation of documents etc. by registered patent agents and 
trade mark agents. 
69. Exemption from liability for damages etc. 
Offences 
70. Offences. 
PART III 
JUDICIAL AND OTHER OFFICES AND JUDICIAL PENSIONS 
Judicial appointments 
71. Qualification for judicial and certain other appointments. 
Judges 
72. Presiding Judges. 
73. Delegation of certain administrative functions of Master of the 
Rolls. 
74. District Judges. 
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75. Judges etc. barred from legal practice. 
76. Judicial oaths. 
Supreme Court Officers 
77. Age for retirement of certain Supreme Court officers. 
78. Registrar of Criminal Appeals. 
Judicial pensions 
79. Widowers' pensions. 
80. Widows' and widowers' pensions: supplemental. 
81. Transfer of accrued rights to and from judicial pension schemes. 
82. Voluntary contributions. 
83. Period of service to qualify for certain superannuation benefits. 
84. Abolition of abatement of salary rule for judges etc. 
PART IV 
SOLICITORS 
85. Practising certificates for employed solicitors. 
86. Commencement, expiry and replacement of practising certificates. 
87. Fees payable on issue of practising certificates. 
88. Additional fee payable by certain solicitors on applying for 
practising certificates. 
89. Foreign lawyers: recognised bodies and partnerships with 
solicitors. 
90. The Compensation Fund: incorporated practices. 
91. Power of Law Society to intervene in solicitors' practices. 
92. Functions of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. 
93. Redress for inadequate professional services. 
94. Solicitors charged with or convicted of fraud or serious crime. 
95. Appeals against refusal to restore solicitor's name to roll under 
section 8 of the 1974 Act. 
96. Powers of entry etc. of local weights and measures authorities. 
97. Committees and sub-committees of the Council. 
98. Agreements with solicitors for payment by hourly rates. 
PART V 
ARBITRATION 
99. Arbitration by official referee. 
100. Specific powers of arbitrator exercisable by High Court. 
101. Power of parties in certain cases to fill vacancy. 
102. Want of prosecution. 
103. Repeal of High Court's power to order discovery etc. 
PART VI 
MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL 
Tying-in 
104. Tying-in arrangements in connection with residential property 
loans. 
105. Tying-in arrangements: supplemental provisions. 
106. Tying-in: offences. 
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Section 
107. Tying-in: enforcement. 
Miscellaneous 
108. Liability of magistrates for damages and costs. 
109. Liability of resident magistrates etc. in Northern Ireland for 
damages and costs. 
110. Jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Commissioner for 
Administration. 
111. Costs against legal etc. in criminal proceedings. 
112. Costs against legal representatives in magistrates' courts. 
113. Administration of oaths and taking of affidavits. 
114. Bail applications. 
115. Law reports. 
116. Provision with respect to the Children Act 1989. 
117. Extension of powers of justices' clerks. 
118. Functions of Treasury. 
Supplemental 
119. Interpretation. 
120. Regulations and orders. 
121. Financial provisions. 
122. Power to make corresponding provision for Northern Ireland. 
123. Extent. 
124. Commencement. 
125. Short title, minor and consequential amendments, transitionals 
and repeals. 
SCHEDULES: 
Schedule 1—The Advisory Committee. 
Schedule 2—Specific functions of the Advisory Committee. 
Schedule 3—The Legal Services Ombudsman. 
Schedule 4—Authorisation and approval. 
Part 1—Authorisation of bodies. 
Part Il—Approval required by Section 29. 
Part 111—Revocation of designation of authorised body. 
Schedule 5—The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners 
Board. 
Schedule 6—The Conveyancing Appeal Tribunals. 
Schedule 7—The Conveyancing Ombudsman Scheme. 
Schedule 8—Licensed Conveyancers. 
Part I—Additional powers of Council for Licensed 
Conveyancers. 
Part lI—Amendments of provisions relating to powers of 
Council etc. 
Schedule 9—Probate. 
Schedule 10—Judicial and other appointments. 
Schedule 11—Judges etc. barred from legal practice. 
Schedule 12—Widowers' Pensions: Transitional provisions. 
Schedule 13—Transfer of accrued benefits. 
Schedule 14—Foreign lawyers: Partnerships and recognised 
bodies. 
Part 1—Registration. 
Part lI—Registered foreign lawyers: supplementary 
provisions. 
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Schedule 15—Inadequate professional services. 
Schedule 16—Children Act 1989. 
Part I—Amendment of Act and other enactments 
affected. 
Part TI—Further consequential amendments. 
Schedule 17—Minor amendments. 
Schedule 18—Consequential amendments. 
Schedule 19—Transitionals and savings. 
Schedule 20—Repeals. 
ELIZABETH II c. 41
Courts and Legal Services Act1990
1990 CHAPTER 41
An Act to make provision with respect to the procedure in, andallocation of business between, the High Court and other courts;to make provision with respect to legal services; to establish abody to be known as the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committeeon Legal Education and Conduct and a body to be known as theAuthorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board; to provide forthe appointment of a Legal Services Ombudsman; to makeprovision for the establishment of a Conveyancing OmbudsmanScheme; to provide for the establishment of ConveyancingAppeal Tribunals; to amend the law relating to judicial andrelated pensions and judicial and other appointments; to makeprovision with respect to certain officers of the Supreme Court;to amend the Solicitors Act 1974; to amend the Arbitration Act1950; to make provision with respect to certain loans in respectof residential property; to make provision with respect to thejurisdictionoftheParliamentaryCommissionerfor Administration in connection with the functions of court staff;to amend the Children Act 1989 and make further provision inconnection with that Act; and for connected purposes.[1st November 1990]BEIT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by theauthority of the same, as follows:—
PART IPROCEDURE ETC. IN CIVIL COURTSAllocation and transfer of businessl.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order make provision— Allocation ofbusiness between (a) conferring jurisdiction on the High Court in relation toHigh Court and proceedings in which county courts have jurisdiction; county courts.
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PART I (b) conferring jurisdiction on county courts in relation to 
proceedings in which the High Court has jurisdiction; 
(c) allocating proceedings to the High Court or to county courts; 
(d) specifying proceedings which may be commenced only in the 
High Court; 
(e) specifying proceedings which may be commenced only in a 
county court; 
(0 specifying proceedings which may be taken only in the High 
Court; 
(g) specifying proceedings which may be taken only in a county 
court. 
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of section 120(2), any such 
order may differentiate between categories of proceedings by reference to 
such criteria as the Lord Chancellor sees fit to specify in the order. 
(3) The criteria so specified may, in particular, relate to— 
(a) the value of an action (as defined by the order); 
(b) the nature of the proceedings; 
(c) the parties to the proceedings; 
(d) the degree of complexity likely to be involved in any aspect of the 
proceedings; and 
(e) the importance of any question likely to be raised by, or in the 
course of, the proceedings. 
(4) An order under subsection (1)(b), (e) or (g) may specify one or more 
particular county courts in relation to the proceedings so specified. 
(5) Anyjurisdiction exercisable by a county court, under any provision 
made by virtue of subsection (4), shall be exercisable throughout England 
and Wales. 
(6) Rules of court may provide for a matter— 
(a) which is pending in one county court; and 
(b) over which that court has jurisdiction under any provision made 
by virtue of subsection (4), 
to be heard and determined wholly or partly in another county court 
which also has jurisdiction in that matter under any such provision. 
(7) Any such order may— 
(a) amend or repeal any provision falling within subsection (8) and 
relating to— 
(i) the jurisdiction, practice or procedure of the Supreme 
Court; or 
(ii) the jurisdiction, practice or procedure of any county 
court, 
so far as the Lord Chancellor considers it to be necessary, or 
expedient, in consequence of any provision made by the order; 
or 
(b) make such incidental or transitional provision as the Lord 
Chancellor considers necessary, or expedient, in consequence of 
any provision made by the, order. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 3 
(8) A provision falls within this subsection if it is made by any PART I 
enactment other than this Act or made under any enactment. 
(9) Before making any such order the Lord Chancellor shall consult 
the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the 
Family Division, the Vice-Chancellor and the Senior Presiding Judge 
(appointed under section 72). 
(10) No such order shall be made so as to confer jurisdiction on any 
county court to hear any application for judicial review. 
(11) For the purposes of this section the commencement of 
proceedings may include the making of any application in anticipation of 
any proceedings or in the course of any proceedings. 
(12) The Lord Chancellor shall, within one year of the coming into 
force of the first order made under this section, and annually thereafter, 
prepare and lay before both Houses of Parliament a report as to the 
business of the Supreme Court and county courts. 
2.—( 1) The following section shall be substituted for section 40 of the Transfer of 
County Courts Act 1984 (transfer of proceedings to county court)— proceedings 
between courts. 
"Transfer of 40.—(1) Where the High Court is satisfied that any 1984 c. 28 
proceedings to proceedings before it are required by any provision of a county court. kind mentioned in subsection (8) to be in a county court it 
shall— 
(a) order the transfer of the proceedings to a county 
court; or 
(b) if the court is satisfied that the person bringing 
the proceedings knew, or ought to have known, 
of that requirement, order that they be struck 
out. 
(2) Subject to any such provision, the High Court may 
order the transfer of any proceedings before it to a county 
court. 
(3) Ap order under this section may be made either on 
the motion of the High Court itself or on the application 
of any party to the proceedings. 
(4) Proceedings transferred under this section shall be 
transferred to such county court as the High Court 
considers appropriate, having taken into account the 
convenience of the parties and that of any other persons 
likely to be affected and the state of business in the courts 
concerned. 
(5) The transfer of any proceedings under this section 
shall not affect any right of appeal from the order 
directing the transfer. 
(6) Where proceedings for the enforcement of any 
judgment or order of the High Court are transferred 
under this section— 
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PART I (a) the judgment or order may be enforced as if it 
were a judgment or order of a county court; and 
(b) subject to subsection (7), it shall be treated as a 
judgment or order of that court for all purposes. 
(7) Where proceedings for the enforcement of any 
judgment or order of the High Court are transferred 
under this section— 
(a) the powers of any court to set aside, correct, vary 
or quash a judgment or order of the High Court, 
and the enactments relating to appeals from 
such a judgment or order, shall continue to 
apply; and 
(b) the powers of any court to set aside, correct, vary 
or quash a judgment or order of a county Court, 
and the enactments relating to appeals from 
such a judgment or order, shall not apply. 
(8) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are any 
made— 
(a) under section 1 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990; or 
(b) by or under any other enactment. 
(9) This section does not apply to family proceedings 
1984 c. 42. within the meaning of Part V of the Matrimonial and 
Family Proceedings Act 1984." 
1984 c. 28. (2) In section 41 of the County Courts Act 1984 (transfer to High 
Court by order of the High Court), the following subsection shall be 
added at the end— 
"(3) The power conferred by subsection (1) shall be exercised 
subject to any provision made—- 
(a) under section 1 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
or 
(b) by or under any other enactment." 
(3) The following section shall be substituted for section 42 of the 
County Courts Act 1984 (transfer to High Court by order of a county 
court)— 
"Transfer to 42.—(1) Where a county court is satisfied that any 
High Court by proceedings before it are required by any provision of a order of a kind mentioned in subsection (7) to be in the High Court County court. it shall— 
(a) order the transfer of the proceedings to the High 
Court; or 
(b) if the court is satisfied that the person bringing 
the proceedings knew, or ought to have known, 
of that requirement, order that they be struck 
out. 
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(2) Subject to any such provision, a county court may PART I 
order the transfer of any proceedings before it to the High 
Court. 
(3) An order under this section may be made either on 
the motion of the court itself or on the application of any 
party to the proceedings. 
(4) The transfer of any proceedings under this section 
shall not affect any right of appeal from the order 
directing the transfer. 
(5) Where proceedings for the enforcement of any 
judgment or order of a county court are transferred under 
this section— 
(a) the judgment or order may be enforced as if it 
were a judgment or order of the High Court; 
and 
(b) subject to subsection (6), it shall be treated as a 
judgment or order of that court for all purposes. 
(6) Where proceedings for the enforcement of any 
judgment or order of a county court are transferred under 
this section— 
(a) the powers of any court to set aside, correct, vary 
or quash a judgment or order of a county court, 
and the enactments relating to appeals from 
such a judgment or order, shall continue to 
apply; and 
(b) the powers of any court to set aside, correct, vary 
or quash a judgment or order of the High Court, 
and the enactments relating to appeals from 
such a judgment or order, shall not apply. 
(7) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are any 
made— 
(a) under section 1 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990; or 
(b) by or under any other enactment. 
(8) This section does not apply to family proceedings 
within the meaning of Part V of the Matrimonial and 1984 42 Family Proceedings Act 1984." 
(4) For section 75(3)(b) of the County Courts Act 1984 (power to make 1984 c. 28. 
county court rules as to transfer of proceedings from one court to 
another) there shall be substituted— 
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PAIT I "(b) prescribing the circumstances in which proceedings may 
be transferred by decision of any judge, district judge or 
officer of the court from one court to another and the 
procedure consequent on any such transfer." 
Remedies 
Remedies 3. The following section shall be substituted for sections 38 and 39 of 
available in the County Courts Act 1984 (general ancillary jurisdiction and ancillary 
county courts, powers of judge)— 
"Remedies 38.—(1) Subject to what follows, in any proceedings in 
available in a county court the court may make any order which could county courts, be made by the High Court if the proceedings were in the 
High Court. 
(2) Any order made by a county court may be— 
(a) absolute or conditional; 
(b) final or interlocutory. 
(3) A county court shall not have power— 
(a) to order mandamus, certiorari or prohibition; or 
(b) to make any order of a prescribed kind. 
(4) Regulations under subsection (3)— 
(a) may provide for any of their provisions not to 
apply in such circumstances or descriptions of 
case as may be specified in the regulations; 
(b) may provide for the transfer of the proceedings 
to the High Court for the purpose of enabling an 
order of a kind prescribed under subsection (3) 
to be made; 
(c) may make such provision with respect to matters 
of procedure as the Lord Chancellor considers 
expedient; and 
(d) may make provision amending or repealing any 
provision made by or under any enactment, so 
far as may be necessary or expedient in 
consequence of the regulations. 
(5) In this section "prescribed" means prescribed by 
regulations made by the Lord Chancellor under this 
section. 
(6) The power to make regulations under this section 
shall be exercised by statutory instrument. 
(7) No such statutory instrument shall be made unless 
a draft of the instrument has been approved by both 
Houses of Parliament." 
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Costs PART I 
4.—(l) The following section shall be substituted for section 51 of the Costs. 
Supreme Court Act 1981 (costs in civil division of Court of Appeal and 1981 c. 54. 
High Court)— 
"Costs in civil 51.—(l) Subject to the provisions of this or any other division of Court enactment and to rules of court, the costs of and of Appeal, High incidental to all proceedings in— Court and 
county courts. (a) the civil division of the Court of Appeal; 
(b) the High Court; and 
(c) any county court, 
shall be in the discretion of the court. 
(2) Without prejudice to any general power to make 
rules of court, such rules may make provision for 
regulating matters relating to the costs of those 
proceedings including, in particular, prescribing scales of 
costs to be paid to legal or other representatives. 
(3) The court shall have full power to determine by 
whom and to what extent the costs are to be paid. 
(4) In subsections (1) and (2) "proceedings" includes 
the administration of estates and trusts. 
(5) Nothing in subsection (1) shall alter the practice in 
any criminal cause, or in bankruptcy. 
(6) In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (1), the 
court may disallow, or (as the case may be) order the legal 
or other representative concerned to meet, the whole of 
any wasted costs or such part of them as may be 
determined in accordance with rules of court. 
(7) In subsection (6), "wasted costs" means any costs 
incurred by a party— 
(a) as a result of any improper, unreasonable or 
negligent act or omission on the part of any legal 
or other representative or any employee of such 
a representative; or 
(b) which, in the light of any such act or omission 
occurring after they were incurred, the court 
considers it is unreasonable to expect that party 
to pay. 
(8) Where— 
(a) a person has commenced proceedings in the 
High Court; but 
(b) those proceedings should, in the opinion of the 
court, have been commenced in a county court 
in accordance with any provision made under 
section 1 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990 or by or under any other enactment, 
the person responsible for determining the amount which 
is to be awarded to that person by way of costs shall have 
regard to those circumstances. 
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PART I (9) Where, in complying with subsection (8), the 
responsible person reduces the amount which would 
otherwise be awarded to the person in question— 
(a) the amount of that reduction shall not exceed 25 
per cent; and 
(b) on any taxation of the costs payable by that 
person to his legal representative, regard shall 
be had to the amount of the reduction. 
(10) The Lord Chancellor may by order amend 
subsection (9)(a) by substituting, for the percentage for 
the time being mentioned there, a different percentage. 
(11) Any such order shall be made by statutory 
instrument and may make such transitional or incidental 
provision as the Lord Chancellor considers expedient. 
(12) No such statutory instrument shall be made unless 
a draft of the instrument has been approved by both 
Houses of Parliament. 
(13) In this section "legal or other representative", in 
relation to a party to proceedings, means any person 
exercising a right of audience or right to conduct litigation 
on his behalf." 
(2) In section 52 of that Act (costs in Crown Court) the following 
subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)— 
"(2A) Subsection (6) of section 51 applies in relation to any civil 
proceedings in the Crown Court as it applies in relation to any 
proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) of that section". 
Evidence 
Witness 5.—( 1) Rules of court may make provision— 
statements. (a) requiring, in specified circumstances, any party to civil 
proceedings to serve on the other parties a written statement of 
the oral evidence which he intends to adduce on any issue of fact 
to be decided at the trial; 
(b) enabling the court to direct any party to civil proceedings to 
serve such a statement on the other party; and 
(c) prohibiting a party who fails to comply with such a requirement 
or direction from adducing oral evidence on the issue of fact to 
which it relates. 
(2) Where a party to proceedings has refused to comply with such a 
requirement or direction, the fact that his refusal was on the ground that 
the required statement would have been a document which was privileged 
from disclosure shall not affect any prohibition imposed by virtue of 
subsection (1 )(c). 
(3) This section is not to be read as prejudicing in any way any other 
power to make rules of court. 
Evidence given in 6. In section 64 of the County Courts Act 1984 (references to 
arbitrations on arbitration) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection 
small claims. (2)— 
1984 c. 28. 
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"(2A) County court rules may prescribe the procedures and rules PART I 
of evidence to be followed on any reference under subsection (1) or 
(2). 
(2B) Rules made under subsection (2A) may, in particular, make 
provision with respect to the manner of taking and questioning 
evidence." 
Appeals 
7.—(l) Section 18 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (restrictions on Appeals to Court 
appeals to Court of Appeal) shall be amended as follows, of Appeal. 
(2) In subsection (1), paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) (which deal with cases 1981 c. 54. 
in which leave is required for an appeal) shall be omitted. 
(3) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following 
subsections— 
"(1A) In any such class of case as may be prescribed by Rules of 
the Supreme Court, an appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal only 
with the leave of the Court of Appeal or such court or tribunal as 
may be specified by the rules in relation to that class. 
(1 B) Any enactment which authorises leave to appeal to the Court 
of Appeal being given by a single judge, or by a court consisting of 
two judges, shall have effect subject to any provision which— 
(a) is made by Rules of the Supreme Court; and 
(b) in such classes of case as may be prescribed by the rules, 
requires leave to be given by such greater number ofjudges 
(not exceeding three) as may be so specified." 
(4) In section 54(4) of the Act of 1981 (cases in which court is duly 
constituted when consisting of two judges), the following paragraph shall 
be inserted after paragraph (a)— 
"(aa) hearing and determining any application for leave to 
appeal;". 
8.—(l) In this section "case" means any case where the Court of Powers of Court 
Appeal has power to order a new trial on the ground that damages of Appeal to 
awarded by a jury are excessive or inadequate, award damages. 
(2) Rules of court may provide for the Court of Appeal, in such classes 
of case as may be specified in the rules, to have power, in place of ordering 
a new trial, to substitute for the sum awarded by the jury such sum as 
appears to the court to be proper. 
(3) This section is not to be read as prejudicing in any way any other 
power to make rules of court. 
Family proceedings 
9.—(l) The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Allocation of President of the Family Division, give directions that, in such family proceedings 
circumstances as may be specified— which are within 
the jurisdiction of (a) any family proceedings which are within the jurisdiction of county courts. county courts; or 
(b) any specified description of such proceedings, 
shall be allocated to specified judges or to specified descriptions ofjudge. 
(2) Any such direction shall have effect regardless of any rules of court. 
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PART I (3) Where any directions have been given under this section allocating 
any proceedings to specified judges, the validity of anything done by a 
judge in, or in relation to, the proceedings shall not be called into question 
by reason only of the fact that he was not a specified judge. 
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) "county court" includes the 
principal registry of the Family Division of the High Court in so far as it 
is treated as a county court. 
(5) In this section— 
1984 C. 42. "family proceedings" has the same meaning as in the Matrimonial 
and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and also includes any other 
proceedings which are family proceedings for the purposes of 
1989 c. 41. the Children Act 1989; 
"judge" means any person who— 
(a) is capable of sitting as a judge for a county court 
district; 
(b) is a district judge, an assistant district judge or a deputy 
district judge; or 
(c) is a district judge of the principal registry of the Family 
Division of the High Court; and 
"specified" means specified in the directions. 
Family 1O.—( 1) In this section "family proceedings" has the meaning given by 
proceedings in section 65(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. 
magistrates' courts 
and related (2) For the purpose of giving effect to any enactment mentioned in that 
matters. section, rules made under section 144 of that Act may make, in relation to 
1980 c. 43. any family proceedings, any provision which— 
(a) falls within subsection (2) of section 93 of the Children Act 1989 
(rules of court); and 
(b) may be made in relation to relevant proceedings under section 93 
of the Act of 1989. 
1979 c. 55. (3) In section 35 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (composition of 
committee of magistrates for inner London area), in subsection (3)— 
(a) in paragraph (b) for the words "three members of the juvenile 
court panel" there shall be substituted "one member of the 
juvenile court panel"; and 
(b) after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following 
paragraph— 
"(bb) two members chosen, in such manner as may be 
prescribed by rules made for the purposes of this 
subsection, from any family panel or combined family 
panel for the inner London area". 
(4) At the end of that section there shall be added the following 
subsection— 
"(7) No rules shall be made under subsection (3)(bb) above 
except on the advice of, or after consultation with, the rule 
committee established under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts 
Act 1980." 
(5) In section 37(1)(a) of that Act (justices' clerks) after the words 
"juvenile courts" there shall be inserted "and family proceedings courts". 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 
Miscellaneous PART I 
11.—(l) The Lord Chancellor may by order provide that there shall be Representation in 
no restriction on the persons who may exercise rights of audience, or certain county 
rights to conduct litigation, in relation to proceedings in a county court of court cases. 
such a kind as may be specified in the order. 
(2) The power to make an order may only be exercised in relation to 
proceedings— 
(a) for the recovery of amounts due under contracts for the supply 
of goods or services; 
(b) for the enforcement of any judgment or order of any court or the 
recovery of any sum due under any such judgment or order; 
(c) on any application under the Consumer Credit Act 1974; 1974 c. 39. 
(d) in relation to domestic premises; or 
(e) referred to arbitration in accordance with county court rules 
made under section 64 of the County Courts Act 1984 (small 1984 c. 28. 
claims), 
or any category (determined by reference to such criteria as the Lord 
Chancellor considers appropriate) of such - 
(3) Where an order is made under this section, section 20 of the 
Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified person not to act as solicitor) shall cease 1974 c. 47. 
to apply in relation to proceedings of the kind specified in the order. 
(4) Where a county court is of the opinion that a person who would 
otherwise have a right of audience by virtue of an order under this section 
is behaving in an unruly manner in any proceedings, it may refuse to hear 
him in those proceedings. 
(5) Where a court exercises its power under subsection (4), it shall 
specify the conduct which warranted its refusal. 
(6) Where, in any proceedings in a county court— 
(a) a person is exercising a right of audience or a right to conduct 
litigation; 
(b) he would not be entitled to do so were it not for an order under 
this section; and 
(c) the judge has reason to believe that (in those or any other 
proceedings in which he has exercised a right of audience or a 
right to conduct litigation) that person has intentionally misled 
the court, or otherwise demonstrated that he is unsuitable to 
exercise that right, 
the judge may order that person's disqualification from exercising any 
right of audience or any right to conduct litigation in proceedings in any 
county court. 
(7) Where a judge makes an order under subsection (6) he shall give his 
reasons for so doing. 
(8) Any person against whom such an order is made may appeal to the 
Court of Appeal. 
(9) Any such order may be revoked at any time by any judge of a 
county court. 
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PART I (10) Before making any order under this section the Lord Chancellor 
shall consult the Senior Presiding Judge. 
(11) In this section "domestic premises" means any premises which are 
wholly or mainly used as a private dwelling. 
Penalty for failure 12.—( 1) This section applies where an appointment has been fixed for 
to warn that any hearing in the High Court or in any county court, but a party to the 
hearing will not be proceedings— attended. 
(a) has failed to appear; or 
(b) has failed to give the court due notice of his desire to cancel the 
hearing or of his inability to appear at it. 
(2) The court may summon the party concerned, or the person 
conducting the proceedings on his behalf, to explain his failure. 
(3) Where a court— 
(a) has summoned a person under subsection (2); and 
(b) is not satisfied that he took reasonable steps to give due notice to 
the court of his desire to cancel the hearing or (as the case may 
be) of his inability to appear at it, 
the court may declare that person to be in contravention of this section. 
(4) On declaring a person to be in contravention of this section a court 
may impose on him a penalty equivalent to a fine not exceeding level 3 on 
the standard scale. 
(5) Before deciding whether or not to impose any such penalty, the 
court shall consider the extent to which (if any) the person concerned will, 
or is likely to— 
(a) suffer any financial loss (by way of a reduction of costs or 
otherwise); or 
(b) be subject to any disciplinary action, 
as a result of his failure. 
1984 c. 28. (6) Sections 129 and 130 of the County Courts Act 1984 (enforcement, 
payment and application of fines) shall apply with respect to any penalty 
imposed by a county court under this section as they apply with respect to 
any fine imposed by any county court under that Act. 
(7) In subsection (1) "due notice" means— 
(a) such notice as is required by rules of court; or 
(b) where there is no such requirement applicable to the 
circumstances of the case, such notice as the court considers 
reasonable. 
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PART I 
13.—(l) For subsection (1) of section 112 of the County Courts Act Administration 
1984 (power to make administration orders) there shall be substituted— orders. 
1984c '8 "(1) Where a debtor is unable to pay forthwith the amount of any 
debt owed by him, a county court may make an order providing for 
the administration of his estate. 
(1A) The order may be made— 
(a) on the application of the debtor (whether or not a judgment 
debt has been obtained against the debtor in respect of his 
debt, or any of his debts); 
(b) on the application of any creditor under a judgment 
obtained against the debtor; or 
(c) of the court's own motion during the course of, or on the 
determination of, any enforcement or other proceedings." 
(2) In that section the following subsection shall be inserted after 
subsection (4)— 
"(4A) Subsection (4) is subject to section 1 12A." 
(3) Subsection (5) of that section shall be omitted. 
(4) The following subsection shall be added at the end of that section— 
"(9) An administration order shall cease to have effect— 
(a) at the end of the period of three years beginning with the 
date on which it is made; or 
(b) on such earlier date as may be specified in the order." 
(5) After that section there shall be inserted the following sections— 
"Further powers 11 2A.—(1) Where the court is satisfied— 
of the court. . . (a) that it has power to make an administration 
order with respect to the debtor concerned; but 
(b) that an order restricting enforcement would be a 
more satisfactory way of dealing with the case, 
it may make such an order instead of making an 
administration order. 
(2) Where an order restricting enforcement is made, no 
creditor specified in the order shall have any remedy 
against the person or property of the debtor in respect of 
any debt so specified, without the leave of the court. 
(3) Subsection (4) applies to any creditor— 
(a) who is named in the schedule to an 
administration order or in an order restricting 
enforcement; and 
(b) who provides the debtor with mains gas, 
electricity or water for the debtor's own 
domestic purposes. 
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PART I (4) While the order has effect, the creditor may not 
stop providing the debtor with— 
(a) mains gas, electricity or (as the case may be) 
water for the debtor's own domestic purposes; 
or 
(b) any associated service which it provides for its 
customers, 
without leave of the court unless the reason for doing so 
relates to the non-payment of charges incurred by the 
debtor after the making of the order or is unconnected 
with non-payment by him of any charges. 
(5) In this section "mains gas" means a supply of gas 
by a public gas supplier within the meaning of Part I of the 
1986 c. 44. Gas Act 1986. 
(6) Rules of court may make provision with respect to 
the period for which any order restricting enforcement is 
to have effect and for the circumstances in which any such 
order may be revoked. 
Administration 112B.—{1) Where the court is satisfied— 
(a) that it has power to make an administration 
provisions, order with respect to the debtor concerned; and 
(b) that the addition of a composition provision 
would be a more satisfactory way of dealing 
with the case, 
it may make an administration order subject to such a 
provision. 
(2) Where, at any time while an administration order is 
in force— 
(a) the debtor has not discharged the debts to which 
that order relates; and 
(b) the court considers that he is unlikely to be able 
to discharge them, 
the court may add a composition provision to that order. 
(3) A composition provision shall specify an amount 
to which the debtor's total indebtedness in respect of 
debts owed to creditors scheduled to the administration 
order is to be reduced. 
(4) The amount of the debt owed to each of the 
creditors so scheduled shall be reduced in proportion to 
the reduction in his total indebtedness specified by the 
composition provision. 
(5) Where a composition provision is added to an 
administration order after the order is made, section 
113(a) shall apply as if the addition of the composition 
provision amounted to the making of a new 
administration order." 
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14.—(l) Section 63 of the County Courts Act 1984 (assessors) shall be PART I 
amended as follows. Assessors. 
1984 c. 28. 
(2) The following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (1) 
and (2)— 
"(1) In any proceedings ajudge may, on the application of a party 
to the proceedings, summon to his assistance one or more persons— 
(a) of skill and experience in the matter to which the 
proceedings relate; and 
(b) who may be willing to sit with him and act as assessors. 
(2) In any proceedings prescribed for the purposes of this 
subsection a judge may summon to his assistance one or more such 
persons even though no application has been made for him to do so. 
(2A) In any proceedings prescribed for the purposes of this 
subsection a district judge may, on the application of a party to the 
proceedings, summon to his assistance one or more such persons. 
(2B) In any proceedings prescribed for the purposes of this 
subsection a district judge may summon to his assistance one or 
more such persons even though no application has been made for 
him to do so. 
(2C) The summons shall be made in such manner as may be 
prescribed." 
(3) For subsection (4) there shall be substituted— 
"(4) In such cases as may be specified by order made by the Lord 
Chancellor with the consent of the Treasury, the remuneration of 
any assessor summoned under this section shall be paid, at such rate 
as may be so specified, out of money provided by Parliament. 
(4A) Any power to make an order under subsection (4) shall be 
exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment by 
resolution of either House of Parliament." 
15.—( 1) In section 138 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (effect of writs of Enforcement. 
execution against goods), the following subsection shall be inserted after 1981 c. 54. 
subsection (3)— 
"(3A) Every sheriff or officer executing any writ of execution 
issued from the High Court against the goods of any person may by 
virtue of it seize— 
(a) any of that person's goods except— 
(i) such tools, books, vehicles and other items of 
equipment as are necessary to that person for use 
personally by him in his employment, business or 
vocation; 
(ii) such clothing, bedding, furniture, household 
equipment and provisions as are necessary for satisfying 
the basic domestic needs of that person and his family; 
and 
(b) any money, banknotes, bills of exchange, promissory notes, 
bonds, specialties or securities for money belonging to that 
person." 
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PART I (2) In section 89(1) of the County Courts Act 1984 (goods which 
1984 c. 28. may be seized under any warrant of execution), the following 
paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (a)—-- 
"(a) any of that person's goods except— 
(i) such tools, books, vehicles and other items of 
equipment as are necessary to that person for use 
personally by him in his employment, business or 
vocation; 
(ii) such clothing, bedding, furniture, household 
equipment and provisions as are necessary for satisfying 
the basic domestic needs of that person and his family;". 
(3) Where a person takes steps to enforce a judgment or order of 
the High Court or a county court for the payment of any sum due, 
the costs of any previous attempt to enforce that judgment shall be 
recoverable to the same extent as if they had been incurred in the 
taking of those steps. 
(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply in respect of any costs which the 
court considers were unreasonably incurred (whether because the 
earlier attempt was unreasonable in all the circumstances of the case 
or for any other reason). 
County court 16.—( 1) Section 75 of the County Courts Act 1984 (county court rules) 
rules. is amended as follows. 
(2) In subsection (3), the following paragraph shall be substituted for 
paragraph (d)— 
"(d) prescribing cases in which— 
(i) any jurisdiction of a county court is to be exercised 
by a district judge of a county court or by some other 
officer of the court; 
(ii) any functions ofajudge of a county court are to be 
discharged by a district judge of a county court or some 
other officer of the court; 
(iii) any functions of a district judge of a county court 
are to be discharged by some other officer of the court; 
(iv) any such jurisdiction may be so exercised or any 
such functions may be so discharged; or". 
(3) The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (6)— 
"(6A) County court rules may— 
(a) to any extent (and with or without modification) apply any 
rules of court, or other provision— 
(i) made by or under any enactment; and 
(ii) relating to the practice or procedure of any other 
court, 
to the practice or procedure of county courts; and 
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(b) amend or repeal any statutory provision relating to the PART I 
practice or procedure of county courts so far as may be 
necessary in consequence of any provision made by the 
rules. 
Rules made by virtue of this subsection applying any provisions may 
apply them as amended from time to time." 
PART II 
LEGAL SERVICES 
Introductory 
17.—( 1) The general objective of this Part is the development of legal The statutory 
services in England and Wales (and in particular the development of objective and the 
advocacy, litigation, conveyancing and probate services) by making general principle. 
provision for new or better ways of providing such services and a wider 
choice of persons providing them, while maintaining the proper and 
efficient administration of justice. 
(2) In this Act that objective is referred to as "the statutory objective". 
(3) As a general principle the question whether a person should be 
granted a right of audience, or be granted a right to conduct litigation in 
relation to any court or proceedings, should be determined only by 
reference to— 
(a) whether he is qualified in accordance with the educational and 
training requirements appropriate to the court or proceedings; 
(b) whether he is a member of a professional or other body which— 
(i) has rules of conduct (however described) governing the 
conduct of its members; 
(ii) has an effective mechanism for enforcing the rules of 
conduct; and 
(iii) is likely to enforce them; 
(c) whether, in the case of a body whose members are or will be 
providing advocacy services, the rules of conduct make 
satisfactory provision in relation to the court or proceedings in 
question requiring any such member not to withhold those 
services— 
(i) on the ground that the nature of the case is objectionable 
to him or to any section of the public; 
(ii) on the ground that the conduct, opinions or beliefs of 
the prospective client are unacceptable to him or to any 
section of the public; 
(iii) on any ground relating to the source of any financial 
support which may properly be given to the prospective client 
for the proceedings in question (for example, on the ground 
that such support will be available under the Legal Aid Act 1988 c. 34. 
1988); and 
(d) whether the rules of conduct are, in relation to the court or 
proceedings, appropriate in the interests of the proper and 
efficient administration of justice. 
(4) In this Act that principle is referred to as "the general principle". 
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PART II (5) Rules of conduct which allow a member of the body in question to 
withhold his services if there are reasonable grounds for him to consider 
that, having regard to— 
(a) the circumstances of the case; 
(b) the nature of his practice; or 
(c) his experience and standing, 
he is not being offered a proper fee, are not on that account to be taken as 
being incompatible with the general principle. 
The statutory 18.—(1) Where any person is called upon to exercise any functions 
duty. which are conferred by this Part with respect to— 
(a) the granting of rights of audience; 
(b) the granting of rights to conduct litigation; 
(c) the approval of qualification regulations or rules of conduct; or 
(d) the giving of advice with respect to any matter mentioned in 
paragraphs (a) to (c), 
it shall be the duty of that person to exercise those functions as soon as is 
reasonably practicable and consistent with the provisions of this Part. 
(2) A person exercising any such functions shall act in accordance with 
the general principle and, subject to that, shall— 
(a) so far as it is possible to do so in the circumstances of the case, 
act to further the statutory objective; and 
(b) not act in any way which would be incompatible with the 
statutory objective. 
The Advisory Committee 
The Lord 19.—(l) There shall be a body corporate to be known as the Lord 
Chancellor's Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (in 
Advisory this Act referred to as "the Advisory Committee"). Committee on 
Legal Education (2) The Advisory Committee shall consist of a Chairman, and 16 other 
and Conduct. members, appointed by the Lord Chancellor. 
(3) The Chairman shall be a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or a judge of 
the Supreme Court of England and Wales. 
(4) Of the 16 other members of the Advisory Committee— 
(a) one shall be a judge who is or has been a Circuit judge; 
(b) 2 shall be practising barristers appointed after consultation with 
the General Council of the Bar; 
(c) 2 shall be practising solicitors appointed after consultation with 
the Law Society; 
(d) 2 shall be persons with experience in the teaching of law, 
appointed after consultation with such institutions concerned 
with the teaching of law and such persons representing teachers 
of law as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate; and 
(e) 9 shall be persons other than— 
(i) salaried judges of any court; 
(ii) practising barristers; 
(iii) practising solicitors; or 
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(iv) teachers of law, PART II 
appointed after consultation with such organisations as the 
Lord Chancellor considers appropriate. 
(5) In appointing any member who falls within subsection (4)(e), the 
Lord Chancellor shall have regard to the desirability of appointing 
persons who have experience in, or knowledge of— 
(a) the provision of legal services; 
(b) civil or criminal proceedings and the working of the courts; 
(c) the maintenance of professional standards among barristers or 
solicitors; 
(d) social conditions; 
(e) consumer affairs; 
(f) commercial affairs; or 
(g) the maintenance of professional standards in professions other 
than the legal profession. 
(6) The Advisory Committee shall not be regarded as the servant or 
agent of the Crown, or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of 
the Crown. 
(7) The Advisory Committee's property shall not be regarded as 
property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown. 
(8) In this section "practising" means— 
(a) in relation to a barrister, one who is in independent practice or is 
employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing legal 
services to his employer; 
(b) in relation to a solicitor, one who has a practising certificate in 
force or is employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of 
providing legal services to his employer. 
(9) The provisions of Schedule I shall have effect with respect to the 
constitution, procedure and powers of the Advisory Committee and with 
respect to connected matters. 
20.—(1) The Advisory Committee shall have the general duty of Duties of the 
assisting in the maintenance and development of standards in the Advisory 
education, training and conduct of those offering legal services. Committee. 
(2) The Advisory Committee shall carry out that general duty by 
performing the functions conferred on it by Schedule 2. 
(3) In discharging its functions the Advisory Committee shall— 
(a) where it considers it appropriate, have regard to the practices and 
procedures of other member States in relation to the provision 
of legal services; 
(b) have regard to the desirability of equality of opportunity between 
persons seeking to practise any profession, pursue any career or 
take up any employment, in connection with the provision of 
legal services. 
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PART II The Legal Services Ombudsman 
The Legal Services 21.—(l) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint a person for the purpose of 
Ombudsman. conducting investigations under this Act. 
(2) The person appointed shall be known as Legal Services 
Ombudsman". 
(3) The Legal Services Ombudsman— 
(a) shall be appointed for a period of not more than three years; and 
(b) shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his 
appointment. 
(4) At the end of his term of appointment the Legal Services 
Ombudsman shall be eligible for re-appointment. 
(5) The Legal Services Ombudsman shall not be an authorised 
advocate, authorised litigator, licensed conveyancer, authorised 
practitioner or notary. 
(6) Schedule 3 shall have effect with respect to the Legal Services 
Ombudsman. 
Ombudsman's 22.—( 1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Legal Services 
functions. Ombudsman may investigate any allegation which is properly made to 
him and which relates to the manner in which a complaint made to a 
professional body with respect to— 
(a) a person who is or was an authorised advocate, authorised 
litigator, licensed conveyancer, registered foreign lawyer, 
recognised body or duly certificated notary public and a 
member of that professional body; or 
(b) any employee of such a person, 
has been dealt with by that professional body. 
(2) If the Ombudsman investigates an allegation he may investigate the 
matter to which the complaint relates. 
(3) If the Ombudsman begins to investigate an allegation he may at 
any time discontinue his investigation. 
(4) If the Ombudsman decides not to investigate an allegation which 
he would be entitled to investigate, or discontinues an investigation which 
he has begun, he shall notify the following of the reason for his decision— 
(a) the person making the allegation; 
(b) any person with respect to whom the complaint was made; and 
(c) the professional body concerned. 
(5) The Ombudsman shall not investigate an allegation while— 
(a) the complaint is being investigated by the professional body 
concerned; 
(b) an appeal is pending against the determination of the complaint 
by that body; or 
(c) the time within which such an appeal may be brought by any 
person has not expired. 
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(6) Subsection (5) does not apply if— PART II 
(a) the allegation is that the professional body— 
(i) has acted unreasonably in failing to start an 
investigation into the complaint; or 
(ii) having started such an investigation, has failed to 
complete it within a reasonable time; or 
(b) the Ombudsman is satisfied that, even though the complaint is 
being investigated by the professional body concerned, an 
investigation by him is justified. 
(7) The Ombudsman shall not investigate— 
(a) any issue which is being or has been detennined by— 
(i) a court; 
(ii) the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal; 
(iii) the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Council of the Inns of 
Court; or 
(iv) any tribunal specified in an order made by the Lord 
Chancellor for the purposes of this subsection; or 
(b) any allegation relating to a complaint against any person which 
concerns an aspect of his conduct in relation to which he has 
immunity from any action in negligence or contract. 
(8) The Ombudsman may— 
(a) if so requested by the Scottish ombudsman, investigate an 
allegation relating to a complaint made to a professional body 
in Scotland; and 
(b) arrange for the Scottish ombudsman to investigate an allegation 
relating to a complaint made to a professional body in England 
and Wales. 
(9) For the purposes of this section, an allegation is properly made if it 
is made— 
(a) in writing; and 
(b) by any person affected by what is alleged in relation to the 
complaint concerned or, where that person has died or is unable 
to act for himself, by his personal representative or by any 
relative or other representative of his. 
(10) The Ombudsman may investigate an allegation even though— 
(a) the complaint relates to a matter which arose before the passing 
of this Act; or 
(b) the person making the complaint may be entitled to bring 
proceedings in any court with respect to the matter complained 
of. 
(11) In this section— 
"professional body" means any body which, or the holder of any 
office who— 
(a) has disciplinary powers in relation to any person 
mentioned in subsection (l)(a); and 
(b) is specified in an order made by the Lord Chancellor 
for the purposes of this subsection; 
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PART II "recognised body" means any body recognised under section 9 of the 
1985 c. 61. Administration of Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices) or 
under section 32 of that Act (incorporated bodies carrying on 
business of provision of conveyancing services); and 
"the Scottish ombudsman" means any person appointed to carry out 
functions in relation to the provision of legal services in 
Scotland which are similar to those of the Ombudsman. 
Recommendations. 23.----(1) Where the Legal Services Ombudsman has completed an 
investigation under this Act he shall send a written report of his 
conclusions to— 
(a) the person making the allegation; 
(b) the person with respect to whom the complaint was made; 
(c) any other person with respect to whom the Ombudsman makes 
a recommendation under subsection (2); and 
(d) the professional body concerned. 
(2) In reporting his conclusions, the Ombudsman may recommend— 
(a) that the complaint be reconsidered by the professional body 
concerned; 
(b) that the professional body concerned or any other relevant 
disciplinary body consider exercising its powers in relation to— 
(i) the person with respect to whom the complaint was 
made; or 
(ii) any person who, at the material time, was connected 
with him; 
(c) that— 
(i) the person with respect to whom the complaint was 
made; or 
(ii) any person who, at the material time, was connected 
with him, 
pay compensation of an amount specified by the Ombudsman 
to the complainant for loss suffered by him, or inconvenience or 
distress caused to him, as a result of the matter complained of; 
(d) that the professional body concerned pay compensation of an 
amount specified by the Ombudsman to the person making the 
complaint for loss suffered by him. or inconvenience or distress 
caused to him, as a result of the way in which the complaint 
was handled by that body; 
(e) that the person or professional body to which a recommendation 
under paragraph (c) or (d) applies make a separate payment to 
the person making the allegation of an amount specified by the 
Ombudsman by way of reimbursement of the cost, or part of 
the cost, of making the allegation. 
(3) More than one such recommendation may be included in a report 
under this section. 
(4) Where the Ombudsman includes any recommendation in a report 
under this section, the report shall give his reasons for making the 
recommendation. 
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(5) For the purposes of the law of defamation the publication of any PART II 
report of the Ombudsman under this section and any publicity given 
under subsection (9) shall be absolutely privileged. 
(6) It shall be the duty of any person to whom a report is sent by the 
Ombudsman under subsection (l)(b) or (c) to have regard to the 
conclusions and recommendations set out in the report, so far as they 
concern that person. 
(7) Where— 
(a) a report is sent to any person under this section; and 
(b) the report includes a recommendation directed at him, 
he shall, before the end of the period of three months beginning with the 
date on which the report was sent, notify the Ombudsman of the action 
which he has taken, or proposes to take, to comply with the 
recommendation. 
(8) Any person who fails to comply (whether wholly or in part) with a 
recommendation under subsection (2) shall publicise that failure, and the 
reasons for it, in such manner as the Ombudsman may specify. 
(9) Where a person is required by subsection (8) to publicise any 
failure, the Ombudsman may take such steps as he considers reasonable 
to publicise that failure if— 
(a) the period mentioned in subsection (7) has expired and that 
person has not complied with subsection (8); or 
(b) the Ombudsman has reasonable cause for believing that that 
person will not comply with subsection (8) before the end of that 
period. 
(10) Any reasonable expenses incurred by the Ombudsman under 
subsection (9) may be recovered by him (as a civil debt) from the person 
whose failure he has publicised. 
(11) For the purposes of this section, the person with respect to whom 
a complaint is made ("the first person") and another person ("the second 
person") are connected if— 
(a) the second person— 
(i) employs the first person; and 
(ii) is an authorised advocate, authorised litigator, duly 
certificated notary public, licensed conveyancer or 
partnership; 
(b) they are both partners in the same partnership; or 
(c) the second person is a recognised body which employs the first 
person or of which the first person is an officer. 
24.—(l) The Legal Services Ombudsman may make Advisory 
recommendations to any professional body about the arrangements functions. 
which that body has in force for the investigation of complaints made 
with respect to persons who are subject to that body's control. 
(2) It shall be the duty of any professional body to whom a 
recommendation is made under this section to have regard to it. 
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PItRT II (3) The Ombudsman may refer to the Advisory Committee any 
matters which come to his notice in the exercise of his functions and which 
appear to him to be relevant to the Committee's functions. 
Procedure and 25.—(1) Where the Legal Services Ombudsman is conducting an 
offences. investigation under this Act he may require any person to furnish such 
information or produce such documents as he considers relevant to the 
investigation. 
(2) For the purposes of any such investigation, the Ombudsman shall 
have the same powers as the High Court in respect of the attendance and 
examination of witnesses (including the administration of oaths or 
affirmations and the examination of witnesses abroad) and in respect of 
the production of documents. 
(3) No person shall be compelled, by virtue of subsection (2), to give 
evidence or produce any document which he could not be compelled to 
give or produce in civil proceedings before the High Court. 
(4) If any person is in contempt of the Ombudsman in relation to any 
investigation conducted under section 22, the Ombudsman may certify 
that contempt to the High Court. 
(5) For the purposes of this section a person is in contempt of the 
Ombudsman if he acts, or fails to act, in any way which would constitute 
contempt if the investigation being conducted by the Ombudsman were 
civil proceedings in the High Court. 
(6) Where a person's contempt is certified under subsection (4), the 
High Court may enquire into the matter. 
(7) Where the High Court conducts an inquiry under subsection (6) it 
may, after— 
(a) hearing any witness produced against, or on behalf of, the person 
concerned; and 
(b) considering any statement offered in his defence, 
deal with him in any manner that would be available to it had he been in 
contempt of the High Court. 
Extension of 26.—(l) The Lord Chancellor may by regulation extend the 
Ombudsman's jurisdiction of the Legal Services Ombudsman by providing for the 
remit. provisions of sections 21 to 25 to have effect, with such modifications (if 
any) as he thinks fit, in relation to the investigation by the Ombudsman 
of allegations— 
(a) which relate to complaints of a prescribed kind concerned with 
the provision of probate services; and 
(b) which he would not otherwise be entitled to investigate. 
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power given to the Lord 
Chancellor by subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for the 
investigation only of allegations relating to complaints— 
(a) made to prescribed bodies; or 
(b) with respect to prescribed categories of person. 
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Rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation PART H 
27.—( 1) The question whether a person has a right of audience before Rights of 
a court, or in relation to any proceedings, shall be determined solely in audience. 
accordance with the provisions of this Part. 
(2) A person shall have a right of audience before a court in relation to 
any proceedings only in the following cases— 
(a) where— 
(i) he has a right of audience before that court in relation 
to those proceedings granted by the appropriate authorised 
body; and 
(ii) that body's qualification regulations and rules of 
conduct have been approved for the purposes of this section, 
in relation to the granting of that right; 
(b) where paragraph (a) does not apply but he has a right of 
audience before that court in relation to those proceedings 
granted by or under any enactment; 
(c) where paragraph (a) does not apply but he has a right of audience 
granted by that court in relation to those proceedings; 
(d) where he is a party to those proceedings and would have had a 
right of audience, in his capacity as such a party, if this Act had 
not been passed; or 
(e) where— 
(i) he is employed (whether wholly or in part), or is 
otherwise engaged, to assist in the conduct of litigation and is 
doing so under instructions given (either generally or in 
relation to the proceedings) by a qualified litigator; and 
(ii) the proceedings are being heard in chambers in the 
High Court or a county court and are not reserved family 
proceedings. 
(3) No person shall have a right of audience as a barrister by virtue of 
subsection (2)(a) above unless he has been called to the Bar by one of the 
Inns of Court and has not been disbarred or temporarily suspended from 
practice by order of an Inn of Court. 
(4) Nothing in this section affects the power of any court in any 
proceedings to refuse to hear a person (for reasons which apply to him as 
an individual) who would otherwise have a right of audience before the 
court in relation to those proceedings. 
(5) Where a court refuses to hear a person as mentioned in subsection 
(4) it shall give its reasons for refusing. 
(6) Nothing in this section affects any provision made by or under any 
enactment which prevents a person from exercising a right of audience 
which he would otherwise be entitled to exercise. 
(7) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, no 
restriction was placed on the persons entitled to exercise any right of 
audience in relation to any particular court or in relation to particular 
proceedings, nothing in this section shall be taken to place any such 
restriction on any person. 
(8) Where— 
(a) immediately before the commencement of this section; or 
26 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (b) by virtue of any provision made by or under an enactment 
passed subsequently, 
a court does not permit the appearance of advocates, or permits the 
appearance of advocates only with leave, no person shall have a right of 
audience before that court, in relation to any proceedings, solely by virtue 
of the provisions of this section. 
(9) In this section— 
"advocate", in relation to any proceedings, means any person 
exercising a right of audience as a representative of, or on behalf 
of, any party to the proceedings; 
"authorised body" means— 
(a) the General Council of the Bar; 
(b) the Law Society; and 
(c) any professional or other body which has been 
designated by Order in Council as an authorised body for the 
purposes of this section; 
"appropriate authorised body", in relation to any person claiming to 
be entitled to any right of audience by virtue of subsection 
(2)(a), means the authorised body— 
(a) granting that right; and 
(b) of which that person is a member; 
"family proceedings" has the same meaning as in the Matrimonial 
1984 c. 42. and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and also includes any other 
proceedings which are family proceedings for the purposes of 
1989 c. 41. the Children Act 1989; 
"qualification regulations", in relation to an authorised body, means 
regulations (however they may be described) as to the education 
and training which members of that body must receive in order 
to be entitled to any right of audience granted by it; 
"qualified litigator" means— 
(i) any practising solicitor ("practising" having the same 
meaning as in section 19(8)(b)); 
(ii) any recognised body; and 
(iii) any person who is exempt from the requirement to 
hold a practising certificate by virtue of section 88 of the 
1974 47. Solicitors Act 1974 (saving for solicitors to public 
departments and the City of London); 
1985 61 "recognised body" means any body recognised under section 9 of the 
C. Administration of Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices); 
"reserved family proceedings" means such category of family 
proceedings as the Lord Chancellor may, after consulting the 
President of the Law Society and with the concurrence of the 
President of the Family Division, by order prescribe; and 
"rules of conduct", in relation to an authorised body, means rules 
(however they may be described) as to the conduct required of 
members of that body in exercising any right of audience 
granted by it. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 27 
(10) Section 20 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified person not to act PART II 
as a solicitor) section 22 of that Act (unqualified person not to prepare 1974 c. 47. 
certain documents etc) and section 25 of that Act (costs where an 
unqualified person acts as a solicitor), shall not apply in relation to any 
act done in the exercise of a right of audience. 
28.—(1) The question whether a person has a right to conduct Rights to conduct 
litigation, or any category of litigation, shall be determined solely in litigation. 
accordance with the provisions of this Part. 
(2) A person shall have a right to conduct litigation in relation to any 
proceedings only in the following cases— 
(a) where— 
(i) he has a right to conduct litigation in relation to those 
proceedings granted by the appropriate authorised body; and 
(ii) that body's qualification regulations and rules of 
conduct have been approved for the purposes of this section, 
in relation to the granting of that right; 
(b) where paragraph (a) does not apply but he has a right to conduct 
litigation in relation to those proceedings granted by or under 
any enactment; 
(c) where paragraph (a) does not apply but he has a right to conduct 
litigation granted by that court in relation to those proceedings; 
(d) where he is a party to those proceedings and would have had a 
right to conduct the litigation, in his capacity as such a party, if 
this Act had not been passed. 
(3) Nothing in this section affects any provision made by or under any 
enactment which prevents a person from exercising a right to conduct 
litigation which he would otherwise be entitled to exercise. 
(4) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, no 
restriction was placed on the persons entitled to exercise any right to 
conduct litigation in relation to a particular court, or in relation to 
particular proceedings, nothing in this section shall be taken to place any 
such restriction on any person. 
(5) In this section— 
"authorised body" means— 
(a) the Law Society; and 
(b) any professional or other body which has been 
designated by Order in Council as an authorised body for the 
purposes of this section; 
"appropriate authorised body", in relation to any person claiming to 
be entitled to any right to conduct litigation by virtue of 
subsection (2)(a), means the authorised body— 
(a) granting that right; and 
(b) of which that person is a member; 
"qualification regulations", in relation to an authorised body, means 
regulations (however they may be described) as to the education 
and training which members of that body must receive in order 
to be entitled to any right to conduct litigation granted by it; and 
B 
28 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II "rules of conduct", in relation to any authorised body, means rules 
(however they may be described) as to the conduct required of 
members of that body in exercising any right to conduct 
litigation granted by it. 
1974 c. 47. (6) Section 20 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified person not to act 
as a solicitor), section 22 of that Act (unqualified person not to prepare 
certain documents etc.) and section 25 of that Act (costs where 
unqualified person acts as a solicitor) shall not apply in relation to any act 
done in the exercise of a right to conduct litigation. 
Authorised bodies: 29.—(1) In order to be designated as an authorised body for the 
designation and purposes of section 27 or 28 a professional or other body must— 
approval of . 
regulations and (a) apply to the Lord Chancellor under this section, specifying the 
rules. purposes for which it is seeking authorisation; and 
(b) comply with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 4 as to the 
approval of qualification regulations and rules of conduct and 
other matters. 
(2) Where—— 
(a) an application has been made to the Lord Chancellor under this 
section; 
(b) the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 4 have been satisfied; and 
(c) the application has not failed, 
the Lord Chancellor may recommend to Her Majesty that an Order in 
Council be made designating that body as an authorised body for the 
purposes of section 27 or (as the case may be) section 28. 
(3) Where an authorised body alters— 
(a) any of its qualification regulations; or 
(b) any of its rules of conduct, 
those alterations shall not have effect, so far as they relate to any right of 
audience or any right to conduct litigation granted by that body, unless 
they have been approved under Part II of Schedule 4. 
(4) Where an authorised body makes any alteration to the rights of 
audience or rights to conduct litigation granted by it (including the grant 
of a new right), the qualification regulations and rules of conduct of that 
body must be approved under Part II of Schedule 4. 
(5) Where the Lord Chancellor or any of the designated judges 
considers that it might be appropriate for an authorised body to alter— 
(a) any of its qualification regulations or rules of conduct; or 
(b) any right of audience, or right to conduct litigation, which it is 
entitled to grant, 
he may advise that body accordingly. 
(6) Where— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor gives any advice under subsection (5), he 
shall inform the designated judges; and 
(b) where a designated judge gives any such advice, he shall inform 
the Lord Chancellor and the other designated judges. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 29 
(7) Where an authorised body has been given any such advice it shall, PART II 
in the light of that advice, consider whether to make the recommended 
alteration. 
30.—(l) Where an Order in Council has been made under section 29 Revocation of 
designating a body as an authorised body, the Lord Chancellor may authorised body's 
recommend to Her Majesty that an Order in Council be made revoking designation. 
that designation. 
(2) An Order under this section may only be made if— 
(a) the authorised body has made a written request to the Lord 
Chancellor asking for it to be made; 
(b) that body has agreed (in writing) to its being made; or 
(c) the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that the circumstances at the time 
when he is considering the question are such that, had that body 
then been applying to become an authorised body, its 
application would have failed. 
(3) The provisions of Part III of Schedule 4 shall have effect with 
respect to the revocation of designations under this section. 
(4) An Order made under this section may make such transitional and 
incidental provision as the Lord Chancellor considers necessary or 
expedient. 
(5) Where such an Order is made, any right of audience or right to 
conduct litigation granted to any person by the body with respect to 
whom the Order is made shall cease to have effect, subject to any 
transitional provision made by the Order. 
(6) Where such an Order is made, the Lord Chancellor shall— 
(a) give the body with respect to whom the Order is made written 
notice of the making of the Order; 
(b) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to bring the making 
of the Order to the attention of the members of that body; and 
(c) publish notice of the making of the Order in such manner as he 
considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons 
(other than those members) who, in his opinion, are likely to be 
affected by the Order. 
31.—(l) On the coming into force of section 27— The General 
Council of the (a) barristers shall be deemed to have been granted by the General Bar Council of the Bar the rights of audience exercisable by 
barristers (in their capacity as such) immediately before 
7th December 1989; and 
(b) the General Council of the Bar shall be deemed to have in force 
qualification regulations and rules of conduct which have been 
properly approved for the purposes of section 27. 
(2) Those qualification regulations and rules of conduct shall be 
deemed to have been approved only— 
(a) in relation to the rights of audience mentioned in subsection 
(l)(a); and 
(b) so far as they relate to those rights of audience. 
30 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (3) If any particular provision of those regulations or rules would not 
have been approved for the purposes of section 27 had it been submitted 
for approval under Part I of Schedule 4 it (but no other such provision) 
shall not be deemed to have been approved. 
(4) In the event of any question arising as to whether any provision is 
deemed to have been approved, subsection (5) shall apply in relation to 
that question if the Lord Chancellor so directs. 
(5) Where a direction is given under subsection (4)— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor shall seek the advice of the Advisory 
Committee and the Director; 
(b) the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges shall 
consider, in the light of that advice, whether the provision in 
question is deemed to have been so approved; and 
(c) that provision shall not be deemed to have been so approved 
unless the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges 
are satisfied that it has been. 
(6) In the event of any question arising as to whether any provision of 
the qualification regulations or rules of conduct of the General Council of 
the Bar requires to be approved by virtue of section 29(3) or (4), 
subsection (7) shall apply in relation to that question if the Lord 
Chancellor so directs. 
(7) Where a direction is given under subsection (6)— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor shall seek the advice of the Advisory 
Committee and the Director; 
(b) the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges shall 
consider, in the light of that advice, whether the provision in 
question requires approval; and 
(c) it shall require approval unless the Lord Chancellor and each of 
the designated judges are satisfied that it does not require 
approval. 
(8) Where, by virtue of subsection (5)(c), any provision is not deemed 
to have been approved— 
(a) it shall cease to have effect, so far as it relates to any right of 
audience deemed to have been granted by the General Council 
of the Bar; and 
(b) the regulations and rules which are deemed, by virtue of 
subsection (l)(b), to have been properly approved shall be taken 
not to include that provision. 
(9) Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of anything done in 
reliance on any provision of regulations or rules at any time before— 
(a) it is determined in accordance with subsection (5)(c) that that 
provision is not deemed to have been approved; or 
(b) it is determined in accordance with subsection (7)(c) that that 
provision requires approval. 
The Law Society: 32.—(l) On the coming into force of section 27— 
rights of audience. . (a) solicitors shall be deemed to have been granted by the Law 
Society the rights of audience exercisable by solicitors (in their 
capacity as such) immediately before 7th December 1989; and 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 31 
(b) the Law Society shall be deemed to have in force qualification PART II 
regulations and rules of conduct which have been properly 
approved for the purposes of section 27. 
(2) Those qualification regulations and rules of conduct shall be 
deemed to have been approved only— 
(a) in relation to the rights of audience mentioned in subsection 
(l)(a); and 
(b) so far as they relate to those rights of audience. 
(3) If any particular provision of those regulations or rules would not 
have been approved for the purposes of section 27 had it been submitted 
for approval under Part I of Schedule 4 it (but no other such provision) 
shall not be deemed to have been approved. 
(4) in the event of any question arising as to whether any provision is 
deemed to have been approved, subsection (5) shall apply in relation to 
that question if the Lord Chancellor so directs. 
(5) Where a direction is given under subsection (4)— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor shall seek the advice of the Advisory 
Committee and the Director; 
(b) the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges shall 
consider, in the light of that advice, whether the provision in 
question is deemed to have been so approved; and 
(c) that provision shall not be deemed to have been so approved 
unless the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges 
are satisfied that it has been. 
(6) In the event of any question arising as to whether any provision of 
the qualification regulations or rules of conduct of the Law Society 
requires to be approved by virtue of section 29(3) or (4), subsection (7) 
shall apply in relation to that question if the Lord Chancellor so directs. 
(7) Where a direction is given under subsection (6)— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor shall seek the advice of the Advisory 
Committee and the Director; 
(b) the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges shall 
consider, in the light of that advice, whether the provision in 
question requires approval; and 
(c) it shall require approval unless the Lord Chancellor and each of 
the designated judges are satisfied that it does not require 
approval. 
(8) Where, by virtue of subsection (5)(c), any provision is not deemed 
to have been approved— 
(a) it shall cease to have effect, so far as it relates to any right of 
audience deemed to have been granted by the Law Society; and 
(b) the regulations and rules which are deemed, by virtue of 
subsection (l)(b) to have been properly approved shall be taken 
not to include that provision. 
(9) Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of anything done in 
reliance on any provision of regulations or rules at any time before— 
(a) it is determined in accordance with subsection (5)(c) that that 
provision is not deemed to have been approved; or 
32 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (b) it is detennined in accordance with subsection (7)(c) that that 
provision requires approval. 
The Law Society: 33.—(l) On the coming into force of section 28— 
rights to conduct 
litigation. (a) solicitors shall be deemed to have been granted by the Law 
Society the rights to conduct litigation exercisable by solicitors 
(in their capacity as such) immediately before 7th December 
1989; and 
(b) the Law Society shall be deemed to have in force qualification 
regulations and rules of conduct which have been properly 
approved for the purposes of section 28. 
(2) Those qualification regulations and rules of conduct shall be 
deemed to have been approved only— 
(a) in relation to the rights to conduct litigation mentioned in 
subsection (1)(a); and 
(b) so far as they relate to those rights to conduct litigation. 
(3) If any particular provision of those regulations or rules would not 
have been approved for the purposes of section 28 had it been submitted 
for approval under Part I of Schedule 4 it (but no other such provision) 
shall not be deemed to have been approved. 
(4) In the event of any question arising as to whether any provision is 
deemed to have been approved, subsection (5) shall apply in relation to 
that question if the Lord Chancellor so directs. 
(5) Where a direction is given under subsection (4)— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor shall seek the advice of the Advisory 
Committee and the Director; 
(b) the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges shall 
consider, in the light of that advice, whether the provision in 
question is deemed to have been so approved; and 
(c) that provision shall not be deemed to have been so approved 
unless the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges 
are satisfied that it has been. 
(6) In the event of any question arising as to whether any provision 
requires to be approved by virtue of section 29(3) or (4), subsection (7) 
shall apply in relation to that question if the Lord Chancellor so directs. 
(7) Where a direction is given under subsection (6)— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor shall seek the advice of the Advisory 
Committee and the Director; 
(b) the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges shall 
consider, in the light of that advice, whether the provision in 
question requires approval; and 
(c) it shall require approval unless the Lord Chancellor and each of 
the designated judges are satisfied that it does not require 
approval. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 33 
(8) Where, by virtue of subsection (5)(c), any provision is not deemed PART II 
to have been approved— 
(a) it shall cease to have effect, so far as it relates to any right to 
conduct litigation deemed to have been granted by the Law 
Society; and 
(b) the regulations and rules which are deemed, by virtue of 
subsection (I )(b), to have been properly approved shall be taken 
not to include that provision. 
(9) Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of anything done in 
reliance on any provision of regulations or rules at any time before— 
(a) it is determined in accordance with subsection (5)(c) that that 
provision is not deemed to have been approved; or 
(b) it is determined in accordance with subsection (7)(c) that that 
provision requires approval. 
Extension of con veyancing services 
34.—(l) There shall be a body corporate to be known as the The Authorised 
Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board (in this Act referred to as Conveyancing 
"the Board"). Practitioners 
Board. 
(2) The Board shall consist of a Chairman and at least four, and at 
most eight, other members appointed by the Lord Chancellor. 
(3) In appointing any member, the Lord Chancellor shall have regard 
to the desirability of— 
(a) appointing persons who have experience in, or knowledge of— 
(i) the provision of conveyancing services; 
(ii) financial arrangements associated with conveyancing; 
(iii) consumer affairs; or 
(iv) commercial affairs; and 
(b) securing, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the 
composition of the Board is such as to provide a proper balance 
between the interests of authorised practitioners and those who 
make use of their services. 
(4) The Board shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the 
Crown, or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown. 
(5) The Board's property shall not be regarded as property of, or held 
on behalf of, the Crown. 
(6) Neither the Board nor any of its staff or members shall be liable in 
damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge or purported 
discharge of any of its functions. 
(7) Subsection (6) does not apply where the act or omission is shown 
to have been in bad faith. 
(8) The provisions of Schedule 5 shall have effect with respect to the 
constitution, procedure and powers of the Board and with respect to 
connected matters. 
34 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II 35.—( 1) It shall be the general duty of the Board— 
the (a) to seek to develop competition in the provision of conveyancing 
financial services; 
provisions. (b) to supervise the activities of authorised practitioners in 
connection with the provision by them of conveyancing 
services. 
(2) In discharging the duty imposed on it by subsection (1 )(b) the 
Board shall, in particular, make arrangements designed to enable it to 
ascertain whether authorised practitioners are complying with 
regulations made by the Lord Chancellor under section 40. 
(3) The Board shall have the specific functions conferred on it by or 
under this Act. 
(4) Where the Lord Chancellor refers to the Board any matter 
connected with— 
(a) the provision of conveyancing services by authorised 
practitioners; or 
(b) the organisation or practice of authorised practitioners, 
it shall be the duty of the Board to consider the matter and to report its 
conclusions to the Lord Chancellor. 
(5) Any report made under subsection (4) may be published by the 
Lord Chancellor in such manner as he thinks fit. 
(6) A copy of any guidance for authorised practitioners issued by the 
Board shall be sent by the Board to the Lord Chancellor. 
(7) Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that there are grounds for 
believing that the Board has failed in any way to carry out any of its duties 
under this Act, he may give such directions to the Board as he considers 
appropriate. 
(8) The Board may make rules providing for the expenses which it 
incurs in exercising its functions, after taking into account any grants 
made to it under subsection (10) and any fees received by it, to be met by 
the imposition on each authorised practitioner of an annual levy 
calculated, and payable, in accordance with the provisions of the rules. 
(9) Any amount due to the Board from an authorised practitioner in 
respect of any levy payable by that practitioner under the rules shall be 
recoverable by the Board as a civil debt. 
(10) The Lord Chancellor may, with the approval of the Treasury, 
make grants to the Board towards meeting the expenses incurred, or to be 
incurred, by it in the discharge of its functions. 
(11) Any such grant may be made subject to such terms and conditions 
(including conditions as to repayment) as the Lord Chancellor sees fit to 
impose. 
(12) Any sums required by the Lord Chancellor for making grants 
under subsection (10) shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament. 
(13) Any sums repaid by the Board in accordance with conditions 
imposed under subsection (11) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 35 
36.—(1) The restriction imposed by section 22 of the Solicitors Act PART II 
1974 (which has the effect of limiting the categories of person who may Provision of 
provide conveyancing services) shall not apply to any act done in conveyancing 
connection with the provision of conveyancing services— services by 
authorised 
(a) by an individual at any time when he is an authorised practitioners. 
practitioner; 1974 c. 47. 
(b) by a body corporate at any time when it is an authorised 
practitioner; 
(c) by an officer or employee of a body corporate at any time when 
that body is an authorised practitioner; or 
(d) by a member or employee of an unincorporated association at 
any time when that association is an authorised practitioner. 
(2) In subsection (1)(c) and (d) "officer", "employee" and "member" 
mean respectively an officer, employee or member who (at the time of the 
act in question) satisfies, and is acting in accordance with, regulations 
under section 40. 
(3) Any rule (however described) which is imposed by a professional 
or other body and which would, but for this subsection, result in 
restricting or preventing a qualified person from— 
(a) providing any conveyancing services as an authorised 
practitioner; 
(b) acting as an employee of an authorised practitioner in 
connection with the provision of any such services; or 
(c) acting on behalf of an authorised practitioner in connection with 
the provision of any such services, 
shall be of no effect unless it is given partial effect by subsection (4)(a) or 
full effect by subsection (4)(b). 
(4) If the result mentioned in subsection (3) is not the main or only 
result of the rule in question, subsection (3)— 
(a) shall apply only to the extent that the rule would have that result; 
but 
(b) shall not apply if the rule is reasonably required as a rule of 
general application for the purpose of regulating the conduct or 
practice of all members of that body. 
(5) Nothing in this section prevents a professional or other body from 
imposing a rule that any member of that body who is acting as mentioned 
in subsection (3)(c) may do so only on terms which allow him to give 
independent legal or financial advice to the person for whom 
conveyancing services are being provided by the authorised practitioner 
concerned. 
(6) In this section "qualified person" means— 
(a) any barrister, solicitor, duly certificated notary public or licensed 
conveyancer; 
(b) any body recognised under section 9 of the Administration of 1985 c. 61. 
Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices); or 
(c) any body recognised under section 32 of the Act of 1985 
(incorporated bodies carrying on business of provision of 
conveyancing services). 
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PART IT 37.—(l) On an application duly made by a person who proposes to 
Authorisation of provide conveyancing services, the Board shall authorise that person to 
practitioners, provide those services, if— 
(a) it is satisfied that the applicant's business is, and is likely to 
continue to be, carried on by fit and proper persons or, in the 
case of an application by an individual, that he is a fit and proper 
person; and 
(b) it is of the opinion that the applicant will comply with the 
requirements mentioned in subsection (7). 
(2) Any such authorisation shall be given in writing and shall take 
effect on such date as the Board may specify. 
(3) A person so authorised is referred to in this Act as "an authorised 
practitioner". 
(4) An application for authorisation must be made in accordance with 
rules made by the Board, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, for 
the purposes of this section. 
(5) On making any such application, the applicant shall pay to the 
Board such fee as may be specified in the rules. 
(6) The rules may, in particular, make provision— 
(a) as to the form in which any application must be made; and 
(b) for the furnishing by applicants of information required by the 
Board in connection with their applications. 
(7) The requirements are that the applicant— 
(a) complies with any rules made by the Board and any regulations 
made under section 40, so far as applicable; 
(b) ensures that satisfactory arrangements are at all times in force 
for covering adequately the risk of any claim made against the 
applicant in connection with the provision of conveyancing 
services provided by the applicant, however arising; 
(c) maintains satisfactory procedures for— 
(i) dealing with complaints made about any aspect of 
conveyancing services provided by the applicant; and 
(ii) the payment of compensation; 
(d) has in force satisfactory arrangements to protect the applicant's 
clients in the event of the applicant ceasing to provide 
conveyancing services; 
(e) is a member of the Conveyancing Ombudsman Scheme. 
(8) Where the applicant is— 
(a) an institution which is authorised by the Bank of England, under 
1987 C. 22. Part I of the Banking Act 1987, to carry on a deposit taking 
business; 
(b) a building society which is authorised by the Building Societies 
1986 c. 53. Commission, under section 9 of the Building Societies Act 1986, 
to raise money from its members; or 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 37 
(c) an insurance company which is authorised under section 3 or 4 PART II 
of the Insurance Companies Act 1982, 1982 c. 50. 
the Board shall have regard to the fact that it is so authorised in 
determining whether the Board is satisfied as mentioned in subsection 
(1)(a). 
(9) The Board shall maintain a register of authorised practitioners 
which shall be open to inspection, at all reasonable times, without charge. 
(10) The Lord Chancellor may by order amend the provisions of 
subsection (7) by imposing any additional requirement or by varying or 
removing any requirement. 
38.—(l) Where the Board proposes to refuse an application for Refusal of 
authorisation under section 37 it shall give the applicant written notice of approval and 
its proposal. Imposition of 
conditions. 
(2) The notice shall give the Board's reasons for proposing to refuse 
the application and inform the applicant of the effect of subsection (7). 
(3) Any authorisation under section 37 may be given subject to the 
applicant complying with conditions imposed by the Board with a view to 
the protection of clients. 
(4) Any such conditions— 
(a) may be imposed by the Board either when granting the 
application for authorisation or at any later time; and 
(b) may be expressed to apply in relation to a specified part of the 
authorised practitioner's business (for example, to a specified 
branch or office). 
(5) Before imposing any such conditions, the Board shall give written 
notice of its intention to do so to the applicant or (as the case may be) 
authorised practitioner concerned. 
(6) The notice shall inform the person to whom it is given of the effect 
of subsection (7). 
(7) Where a notice is served under subsection (1) or (5), it shall be the 
duty of the Board to consider any representations duly made by the 
person on whom the notice is served before determining whether to grant 
or refuse the application or to impose any of the proposed conditions. 
(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), representations are duly made 
if— 
(a) they are made to the Board before the end of the period of 28 
days beginning with the day on which the notice is served; and 
(b) unless the Board directs otherwise in a particular case, are in 
writing. 
(9) Where the Board— 
(a) proposes to impose a condition under this section on an 
authorised practitioner; and 
(b) is satisfied that the circumstances of the case are exceptional and 
justify the condition taking effect immediately, 
it may disregard subsections (5) to (8) when imposing the condition. 
38 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (10) If the Board refuses the application, or imposes any of the 
proposed conditions, it shall give the applicant notice in writing and, in 
the case of a refusal, the notice shall give the Board's reasons for refusing. 
(11) A notice under subsection (10) shall inform the applicant of his 
rights of appeal under section 41. 
(12) An authorised practitioner who fails to comply with a condition 
imposed on him under this section shall not thereby cease to be such a 
practitioner; but in such a case the Board may— 
(a) impose additional, or substituted, conditions on him; or 
(b) revoke or suspend his authorisation in accordance with rules 
made under section 39(1). 
Revocation and 39.—(1) The Board shall, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, 
suspension of make rules providing for the circumstances in which the authorisation of 
authorisation. a person under section 37 may be revoked or suspended by the Board. 
(2) Where any such authorisation is revoked or suspended in 
accordance with the rules, the person concerned shall cease to be an 
authorised person for the purposes of this Act. 
(3) The rules may, in particular— 
(a) provide for any suspension to be indefinite or for a period 
specified by the Board; 
(b) provide for the total, or partial, lifting of any suspension in 
specified circumstances; 
(c) provide for the publication by the Board of notice of any 
suspension or revocation under the rules; 
(d) make transitional provision for dealing with any work in hand at 
the time when a revocation or suspension takes effect. 
(4) Where the Board— 
(a) revokes or suspends any authorisation in accordance with the 
rules; or 
(b) lifts a suspension so imposed, 
it shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform any body 
which has any regulatory functions in relation to that authorised 
practitioner of the action which it has taken. 
Regulations about 40.—( 1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulation make such provision 
competence and as he considers expedient with a view to securing— 
conduct etc. of . . . . 
authorised (a) that authorised practitioners maintain satisfactory standards of 
practitioners. competence and conduct in connection with the provision by 
them of conveyancing services; 
(b) that in providing such services (and in particular in fixing their 
charges) they act in a manner which is consistent with the 
maintenance of fair competition between authorised 
practitioners and others providing conveyancing services; and 
(c) that the interests of their clients are satisfactorily protected. 
(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision— 
(a) designed to— 
(i) provide for the efficient transaction of business; 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 39 
(ii) avoid unnecessary delays; PART II 
(b) as to the supervision, by persons with such qualifications as may 
be prescribed, of such descriptions of work as may be 
prescribed; 
(c) requiring authorised practitioners to arrange, so far as is 
reasonably practicable, for each transaction to be under the 
overall control of one individual; 
(d) designed to avoid conflicts of interest; 
(e) as to the terms and conditions on which authorised practitioners 
may provide conveyancing services; 
(f) as to the information to be given to prospective clients, the 
manner in which or person by whom it is to be given and the 
circumstances in which it is to be given free of charge; 
(g) as to the handling by authorised practitioners of their clients' 
money; 
(h) as to the disclosure of and accounting for commissions. 
41.—(l) There shall be tribunals to be known as "Conveyancing The Conveyancing 
Appeal Tribunals" which shall hear appeals under this section. Appeal Tribunals. 
(2) Any person who is aggrieved by any decision of the Board to— 
(a) refuse an application for authorisation under section 37; 
(b) suspend any authorisation given under section 37; 
(c) refuse to lift such a suspension; 
(d) revoke any such authorisation; or 
(e) impose any condition under section 38, 
may appeal to a Conveyancing Appeal Tribunal. 
(3) No such decision of the Board shall have effect until— 
(a) any appeal against it which is duly made under this section is 
disposed or 
(b) the period within which an appeal may be made has expired 
without an appeal having been made. 
(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply where— 
(a) the Board is satisfied that the circumstances of the case are 
exceptional and justify the decision in question taking effect 
immediately, or earlier than would otherwise be the case; and 
(b) notifies the person concerned to that effect. 
(5) In this Part a Conveyancing Appeal Tribunal is referred to as "a 
Tribunal". 
(6) A Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman and two other members 
appointed by the Lord Chancellor. 
(7) To be qualified for appointment as Chairman of a Tribunal, a 
person must have a 7 year general qualification (within the meaning of 
section 71). 
(8) Of the other two members of a Tribunal— 
(a) one must have experience in, or knowledge of, the provision of 
conveyancing services; and 
40 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (b) the other must have experience in, or knowledge of, 
accountancy. 
(9) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint a person to be Secretary to the 
Tribunals. 
(10) On receipt of notice of an appeal which is being made to a 
Tribunal, the Secretary shall inform the Lord Chancellor and the Lord 
Chancellor shall appoint a Tribunal to hear that appeal. 
(11) Schedule 6 shall have effect with respect to the Tribunals. 
Appeals from 42.—(l) At the instance of a person aggrieved by a decision of a 
Tribunals on Tribunal, or at the instance of the Board, an appeal shall lie to the High 
points of law. Court on any question of law arising from that decision. 
(2) If, on an appeal to the High Court under this section, the court is 
of the opinion that the decision appealed against was wrong in law, it shall 
remit the matter for re-hearing and determination by the Tribunal 
concerned or, where it is not reasonably practicable for the case to be re- 
heard by that Tribunal, by another Tribunal. 
(3) No appeal to the Court of Appeal shall be brought from a decision 
of the High Court under this section except with the leave of the Court of 
Appeal or of the judge from whose decision the appeal is to lie. 
The Conveyancing 43.—( 1) The Board shall, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, 
Ombudsman make rules establishing a scheme (to be known as "the Conveyancing 
Scheme. Ombudsman Scheme") for the investigation, by a person appointed by 
the Board with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, of complaints 
against authorised practitioners in connection with the provision by them 
of conveyancing services. 
(2) The person so appointed shall be known as "the Conveyancing 
Ombudsman". 
(3) No person shall be appointed to be the Conveyancing Ombudsman 
if he is, or has at any time within the period of three years ending with his 
appointment been— 
(a) involved in any capacity in the provision by an authorised 
practitioner of conveyancing services; or 
(b) a member of the Board. 
(4) Schedule 7 shall have effect for the purpose of supplementing this 
section. 
(5) A person may be appointed to be both a member of the staff of the 
Board and a member of the staff of the Conveyancing Ombudsman. 
(6) The Conveyancing Ombudsman may not make any charge for the 
use of his services. 
(7) His expenses under the Scheme shall be defrayed by the Board and 
shall rank as expenses of the Board for the purposes of section 35. 
(8) The Conveyancing Ombudsman shall submit to the Board an 
annual report on the discharge of his functions. 
(9) The Board shall, when submitting its own annual report to the 
Lord Chancellor, send him a copy of the Conveyancing Ombudsman's 
annual report. 
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(10) When laying the Board's annual report before Parliament, the PART II 
Lord Chancellor shall also lay before Parliament a copy of the 
Conveyancing Ombudsman's report. 
(11) It shall be the duty of the Conveyancing Ombudsman to inform 
the Board of any evidence which comes to his attention suggesting that 
there has been, or may have been, a breach of any of the rules made under 
subsection (1) or of the regulations made under section 40. 
(12) The Board may— 
(a) pay such remuneration and travelling and other allowances to 
the Conveyancing Ombudsman as may be determined by the 
Board; 
(b) pay such pension, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of tl1e 
Conveyancing Ombudsman as may be so determined; and 
(c) if the Conveyancing Ombudsman ceases to hold office and it 
appears to the Board that there are special circumstances which 
make it right that he should receive compensation, pay him such 
sum as may be so determined. 
44.—(1) The Board may, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, Compensation 
make rules establishing a scheme for compensating persons who have scheme. 
suffered loss in consequence of dishonesty on the part of authorised 
practitioners or their employees. 
(2) The rules may, in particular— 
(a) provide for the establishment and functioning of an independent 
body (whether corporate or unincorporate) to administer the 
scheme and, subject to the rules, determine and regulate any 
matter relating to its operation; 
(b) establish a fund out of which compensation is to be paid; 
(c) provide for the levying of contributions from authorised 
practitioners and otherwise for financing the scheme and for the 
payment of contributions and other money into the fund; 
(d) specify the terms and conditions on which, and the extent to 
which, compensation is to be payable and any circumstances in 
which the right to compensation is to be excluded or modified; 
and 
(e) contain incidental and supplementary provisions. 
45.—(l) Where the Lord Chancellor is considering whether— Advisory and 
(a) to approve any rules which the Board is proposing to make; or 
(b) to make any regulations under section 40, Director General 
of Fair Trading. he shall first send a copy of the proposed rules or regulations to the 
Director. 
(2) The Director shall consider whether the proposed rules or 
regulations would have, or would be likely to have, the effect of 
restricting, distorting or preventing competition to any significant extent. 
(3) When the Director has completed his consideration he shall give 
such advice to the Lord Chancellor as he thinks fit. 
(4) The Director shall keep under review the rules made by the Board 
and the regulations made by the Lord Chancellor under section 40. 
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PART II (5) If the Director is of the opinion that any such rule or regulation has, 
or is likely to have, the effect of restricting, distorting or preventing 
competition to any significant extent, he shall report his opinion to the 
Lord Chancellor. 
(6) Any report under subsection (5) shall state what, in the Director's 
opinion, is the effect of the rule or regulation or its likely effect. 
(7) The Director may publish any advice given by him under 
subsection (3) or report made by him under subsection (5). 
(8) The Director shall, so far as practicable, exclude from anything 
published under subsection (7) any matter— 
(a) which relates to the affairs of a particular person; and 
(b) the publication of which would, or might in the Director's 
opinion, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that 
person. 
Investigatory 46.—(1) For the purpose of investigating any matter under section 45, 
powers of the Director may by notice in writing— 
Director. (a) require any person to produce to him or to any person appointed 
by him for the purpose, at a time and place specified in the 
notice, any documents which are specified or described in the 
notice and which— 
(i) are in that person's custody or under that person's 
control; and 
(ii) relate to any matter relevant to the investigation; or 
(b) require any person carrying on any business to furnish to him 
(within such time and in such manner and form as the notice 
may specify) such information as may be specified or described 
in the notice. 
(2) A person shall not be required under this section to produce any 
document or disclose any information which he would be entitled to 
refuse to produce or disclose on grounds of legal professional privilege in 
proceedings in the High Court. 
1973 c. 41. (3) Subsections (6) to (8) of section 85 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 
(enforcement provisions) shall apply in relation to a notice under this 
section as they apply in relation to a notice under subsection (1) of that 
section. 
!ower to obtain 47.—( 1) The Board may serve a notice on any— 
informatlond and (a) authorised practitioner; 
of documents. (b) officer or employee of an authorised practitioner; 
(c) qualified person who is acting, or has acted, on behalf of an 
authorised practitioner; or 
(d) officer or employee of such a qualified person, 
requiring him to provide the Board (within such time and at such place as 
may be specified in the notice) with such document, or documents of such 
a description, or with such information, as may be so specified. 
(2) The Board shall not exercise its powers under subsection (1) except 
for the purpose of obtaining such information as it thinks reasonably 
necessary in connection with the discharge of any of its functions. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 43 
(3) The Board's power under this section to require a person to PART II 
produce any document includes power— 
(a) if the document is produced, to take copies of it or extracts from 
it and to require that person, or any other person who is or was 
a director or officer of, or is or was at any time employed by or 
acting as an employee of, the practitioner concerned, to provide 
an explanation of the document; 
(b) if the document is not produced, to require the person who was 
required to produce it to state, to the best of his knowledge and 
belief, where it is. 
(4) The Board's power under this section may be exercised in relation 
to a person who falls within subsection (l)(c) or (d) only in relation to the 
provision of conveyancing services on behalf of the authorised 
practitioner concerned. 
(5) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a 
requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an 
offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level five 
on the standard scale. 
(6) Any person who, in response to any requirement imposed on him 
under this section, knowingly or recklessly provides any information or 
explanation or makes any statement which is false or misleading in a 
material particular shall be liable— 
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory 
maximum; and 
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding two years or to a fine or to both. 
(7) Where any person from whom production of a document is 
required under this section claims a lien on the document, the production 
of it shall be without prejudice to the lien. 
(8) Nothing in this section shall compel— 
(a) the production of a document containing a communication 
which is privileged from disclosure in legal proceedings in 
England and Wales; or 
(b) the furnishing of information contained in such a 
communication. 
(9) In this section "document" includes any information recorded in 
any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in 
legible form, references to its production include references to producing 
a copy in legible form. 
48.—-( 1) If it appears to the Board desirable to do so— Investigations on 
behalf of the (a) in connection with the discharge of any of its functions; and Board. 
(b) in the interests of customers or potential customers of an 
authorised practitioner, 
it may appoint one or more competent persons ("the investigators") to 
investigate and report to it on the state and conduct of the affairs of that 
authorised practitioner. 
(2) The Board shall give written notice of any such appointment to the 
authorised practitioner concerned. 
44 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (3) If the investigators think it necessary for the purposes of their 
investigation, they may also investigate the affairs of any qualified person 
who is acting, or has acted, on behalf of the authorised practitioner (so far 
as concerns the provision of conveyancing services on behalf of the 
authorised practitioner), after giving the qualified person written notice 
of their investigation. 
(4) Any investigation under this section of the affairs of— 
(a) any institution which is authorised by the Bank of England 
1987 c. 22. under Part I of the Banking Act 1987, to carry on a deposit- 
taking business; 
(b) any building society which is authorised to raise money from its 
members by the Building Societies Commission under section 9 
1986c. 53. of the Building Societies Act 1986; or 
(c) any insurance company which is authorised under section 3 or 4 
1982 c. 50. of the Insurance Companies Act 1982, 
shall be subject to such direction (if any) given by the Lord Chancellor 
with a view to limiting the scope of the investigation to matters concerned 
with the provision of conveyancing services. 
(5) Any such direction may be general or be given with respect to a 
particular investigation. 
(6) It shall be the duty of every person whose affairs are being 
investigated and of any officer or employee of his— 
(a) to produce to the investigators, within such time and at such 
place as they may reasonably require, all documents relating to 
the provision of conveyancing services by the practitioner which 
are in that person's custody or power; 
(b) to provide the investigators, within such time as they may 
require, with such information as they may reasonably require 
with respect to the provision of those services; and 
(c) to give the investigators such assistance in connection with the 
investigation as he is reasonably able to give. 
(7) The investigators may take copies of, or extracts from, any 
document produced to them under subsection (6). 
(8) This section applies in relation to a former authorised practitioner 
or former qualified person as it applies in relation to an authorised 
practitioner or qualified person. 
(9) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to produce any 
document, or provide any information, which it is his duty to produce 
under subsection (6) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary 
conviction to a fine not exceeding level five on the standard scale. 
(10) Any person who, in response to any requirement imposed on him 
under this section, knowingly or recklessly provides any information or 
explanation or makes any statement which is false or misleading in a 
material particular shall be liable— 
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory 
maximum; and 
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding two years or to a fine or to both. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 45 
(11) Nothing in this section shall compel the production by an PART II 
authorised practitioner or qualified person acting on his behalf of a 
document containing a privileged communication made by him or to him 
in that capacity. 
49.—(l) Subject to section 50, restricted information which relates to Restrictions on 
the business or other affairs of any person shall not be disclosed— disclosure of 
information. (a) by the Board or any member of its staff; 
(b) by any person appointed as an investigator under section 48 or 
any officer or servant of his; or 
(c) by any person obtaining it directly or indirectly from a person 
mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), 
without the consent of the person from whom it was obtained and, if they 
are different, the person to whom it relates. 
(2) Subject to subsection (3), information is restricted information for 
the purposes of this section if it was obtained (whether or not in response 
to any requirement that it be provided) for the purposes of, or in the 
discharge of functions under, any provision made by or under this Act. 
(3) Information shall not be treated as restricted information for the 
purposes of this section if it has been made available to the public by 
virtue of being disclosed in any circumstances in which, or for any 
purpose for which, disclosure is not prevented by this section. 
(4) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an 
offence and liable-— 
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; 
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory 
maximum. 
50.—( 1) Section 49 shall not prevent the disclosure of information— Exceptions from 
restrictions on (a) with a view to the institution, or otherwise for the purposes, of disclosure any criminal proceedings; 
(b) with a view to the institution, or otherwise for the purposes, of 
any civil proceedings arising under or by virtue of this Act; 
(c) in a summary or collection of information framed in such a way 
as not to enable the identity of any person to whom the 
information relates to be ascertained; or 
(d) in pursuance of any Community obligation. 
(2) Section 49 shall not prevent the disclosure of information for the 
purpose of enabling or assisting—- 
(a) the Lord Chancellor to discharge any of his functions under this 
Act with respect to the Board or authorised practitioners; 
(b) the Board to discharge any of its functions; 
(c) the Law Society, the General Council of the Bar, the Council for 
Licensed Conveyancers or the Faculty Office of the Archbishop 
of Canterbury to discharge any of its functions; 
(d) the Building Societies Commission to discharge any of its 
functions; 
46 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (e) the competent authority or a designated agency, recognised 
investment exchange, recognised clearing house, recognised 
self-regulating organisation or recognised professional body 
1986 c. 60. (all those expressions having the meaning given in the Financial 
Services Act 1986) to discharge any of its functions; 
(f) the Bank of England to discharge any of its functions; 
(g) the Secretary of State to discharge any of his functions under this 
Act, the Financial Services Act 1986 or any enactment relating 
to competition, companies, insurance or insolvency; 
(h) any inspector appointed by the Secretary of State under any of 
the enactments mentioned in paragraph (g) to discharge any of 
his functions; 
(i) an official receiver to discharge any of his functions under any 
enactment relating to insolvency; 
(j) a body which is a recognised professional body under section 391 
1986 c. 45. of the Insolvency Act 1986 to discharge any of its functions as 
such a body; 
(k) the Insurance Brokers Registration Council to discharge any of 
1977 c. 46. its functions under the Insurance Brokers (Registration) Act 
1977; 
(1) any person appointed or authorised to discharge any powers 
under section 94, 106 or 177 of the Financial Services Act 1986 
to exercise any of those powers; 
(m) the Director to discharge any of his functions under— 
(i) this Act; 
1973 c. 41. (ii) the Fair Trading Act 1973 (other than Part II); 
1974 c. 39. (iii) the Consumer Credit Act 1974; 
1976 c. 34. (iv) the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976; 
1979 c. 38. (v) the Estate Agents Act 1979; 
1980 c. 21. (vi) the Competition Act 1980; 
(vii) the Financial Services Act 1986; 
SI. 1988/915. (viii) the Control of Misleading Advertisements 
Regulations 1988; 
(n) the Monopolies and Mergers Commission to discharge any of its 
functions under the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition 
Act 1980; 
(o) the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board to 
discharge any of its functions; 
(p) an authority in a country or territory outside the United 
Kingdom to discharge any functions corresponding to— 
(i) the functions of the Board, the Building Societies 
Commission or the Bank of England; or 
(ii) those functions of the Secretary of State mentioned in 
paragraph (g); 
(q) the Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal to discharge any of its 
functions under the Insolvency Act 1986; 
(r) the Financial Services Tribunal to discharge any of its functions 
under the Financial Services Act 1986. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 47 
(3) Subject to subsection (4), section 49 shall not prevent the disclosure PART II 
of information for the purpose of enabling or assisting any public or other 
authority for the time being designated for the purposes of this section by 
an order made by the Lord Chancellor to discharge any functions which 
are specified in the order. 
(4) An order under subsection (3) designating an authority for the 
purposes of this section may— 
(a) impose conditions subject to which the disclosure of information 
is permitted by subsection (3); and 
(b) otherwise restrict the circumstances in which disclosure is 
permitted. 
(5) Where information has been disclosed by one person ("the first 
person") to another, by virtue of subsection (2), section 49 shall not 
prevent that other person from disclosing that information to any person 
to whom it could have been disclosed by the first person by virtue of 
subsection (2). 
(6) The Lord Chancellor may by order modify the application of any 
provision of this section so as— 
(a) to prevent the disclosure of information by virtue of that 
provision; or 
(b) to restrict the extent to which disclosure of information is 
permitted by virtue of that provision. 
51.—(l) The powers conferred on the Board by this section may be Board's 
exercised if it appears to the Board to be desirable to do so for the purpose intervention 
of protecting the interests of the clients, or prospective clients, of an powers. 
authorised practitioner. 
(2) The Board may, in particular, exercise any such power where it 
appears to it— 
(a) that an authorised practitioner who is an individual is no longer 
fit to provide conveyancing services; 
(b) that any person carrying on the business of an authorised 
practitioner is not fit to provide such services; or 
(c) that an authorised practitioner has failed, or is likely to fail, to 
comply with any regulation made under section 40. 
(3) The Board may direct the authorised practitioner not to dispose of, 
or otherwise deal with, except in accordance with the terms of the 
direction— 
(a) any assets belonging to any client of the authorised practitioner 
and held by or under the control of the authorised practitioner 
in connection with his business as an authorised practitioner; or 
(b) any assets of such a kind which are specified in the direction. 
(4) The Board may direct the authorised practitioner to transfer to the 
Board, or to such persons ("the trustees") as may be specified in the 
direction— 
(a) all assets belonging to any client of that practitioner and held by 
or under his control in connection with his business as an 
authorised practitioner; or 
(b) any assets of such a kind which are specified in the direction. 
48 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II (5) Any assets which have been transferred as a result of a direction 
given under subsection (4) shall be held by the Board, or by the trustees, 
on trust for the client concerned. 
(6) The trustees may deal with any assets which have been transferred 
to them only in accordance with directions given to them by the Board. 
(7) In this section— 
"assets" includes any sum of money held (in whatever form and 
whether or not in any bank, building society or other account) 
by the authorised practitioner or on behalf of the client 
concerned and any instrument or other document belonging to 
that client; and 
"authorised practitioner" includes a person whose authorisation has 
been suspended or revoked under section 39. 
(8) Any direction under this section— 
(a) must be given in writing; 
(b) must state the reason why it is being given; 
(c) shall take effect on such date as may be specified in the direction 
(which may be the date on which it is served on the authorised 
practitioner); 
(d) may be varied or revoked by a further direction given by the 
Board. 
Board's 52.—( 1) In this section— 
intervention "the intervention powers" means the powers given to the Board by 
supplemental section 51; and 
provisions. "a direction" means a direction given under that section. 
(2) An authorised practitioner to whom a direction is given may appeal 
against it to a Conveyancing Appeal Tribunal. 
(3) Any authorised practitioner to whom a direction is given shall 
comply with it as soon as it takes effect (and whether or not he proposes 
to appeal). 
(4) If, on an application made to the High Court by the Board, the 
court is satisfied— 
(a) that an authorised practitioner has failed, within a reasonable 
time, to comply with any direction given to it; or 
(b) that there is a reasonable likelihood that an authorised 
practitioner will so fail, 
it may make an order requiring the authorised practitioner, and any other 
person whom the court considers it appropriate to subject to its order, to 
take such steps as the court may direct with a view to securing compliance 
with the direction. 
(5) Where an authorised practitioner is— 
1986 60. (a) an authorised person under the Financial Services Act 1986; or 
(b) an appointed representative (as defined in section 44(2) of that 
Act) of such an authorised person, 
the intervention powers may be exercised only after consultation with the 
body by reference to which the authorised person acquired its 
authorisation under that Act. 
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(6) Where an authorised practitioner is— PART II 
(a) an institution which is authorised by the Bank of England under 
Part I of the Banking Act 1987 to carry on a deposit-taking 1987 c. 22. 
business; or 
(b) an appointed representative of such an institution, 
the intervention powers may be exercised only after consultation with the 
Bank of England. 
(7) Where an authorised practitioner is— 
(a) a building society which is authorised to raise money from its 
members by the Building Societies Commission under section 9 
of the Building Societies Act 1986; or 1986 c. 53. 
(b) an appointed representative of such a building society, 
the intervention powers may be exercised only after consultation with the 
Commission. 
(8) Where an authorised practitioner falls within more than one of 
subsections (5) to (7), the Board shall comply with each of the subsections 
in question. 
Licensed con veyancers 
53.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council for Licensed The Council for 
Conveyancers shall have the powers necessary to enable it to become— Licensed 
Conveyancers. (a) an authorised body for the purposes of granting rights of 
audience under section 27(2)(a); 
(b) an authorised body for the purposes of granting rights to 
conduct litigation under section 28(2)(a); and 
(c) an approved body for the purposes of granting, in accordance 
with section 55, exemption from the provisions of section 23(1) 
of the Solicitors Act 1974 (preparation of probate papers). 1974 c. 47. 
(2) The Council may exercise the powers given to it by this section only 
with respect to persons who are licensed conveyancers. 
(3) Where the Council— 
(a) becomes an authorised body for the purposes of section 27 and 
grants any right of audience; 
(b) becomes an authorised body for the purposes of section 28 and 
grants any right to conduct litigation; or 
(c) becomes an approved body for the purposes of section 55 and 
grants an exemption under that section, 
it shall do so by issuing a licence to the licensed conveyancer to whom the 
right or exemption is being granted. 
(4) Any such licence may be granted as a separate licence or as part of 
a composite licence comprising the licensed conveyancer's licence issued 
under Part II of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 and any other 1985 c. 61. 
licence which the Council may grant to the licensed conveyancer 
concerned. 
(5) The Council's general duty shall include the duty to ensure that the 
standards of competence and professional conduct among licensed 
conveyancers who are granted rights of audience, rights to conduct 
litigation or an exemption under section 55 are sufficient to secure 
50 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART II adequate protection for consumers, and that the advocacy, litigation or 
(as the case may be) probate services provided by such persons are 
provided both economically and efficiently. 
(6) Where the Council exercises any of its powers in connection with— 
(a) an application under section 29 for authorisation or an 
application under Schedule 9 for approval; or 
(b) the granting of any right of audience or right to conduct 
litigation or of an exemption under section 55, 
it shall do so subject to any requirements to which it is subject in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act relating to the grant of any 
such right or exemption. 
(7) Schedule 8 makes further provision in connection with the powers 
given to the Council by this section and the provision made by the Act of 
1985 in relation to licensed conveyancers, including amendments of Part 
II of that Act. 
(8) The Lord Chancellor may by order make such— 
(a) amendments of, or modifications to, the provisions of Part II of 
the Act of 1985; or 
(b) transitional or consequential provision, 
as he considers necessary or expedient in connection with the provision 
made by this section and Schedule 8. 
(9) Subject to any provision made by this section, Schedule 8 or any 
order made by the Lord Chancellor under subsection (8), the provisions 
of Part II of the Act of 1985 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply 
with respect to— 
(a) any application for an advocacy, litigation or probate licence; 
(b) any such licence; 
(c) the practice of any licensed conveyancer which is carried on by 
virtue of any such licence; 
(d) rules made by the Council under Schedule 8; 
(e) the management and control by licensed conveyancers (or by 
licensed conveyancers together with persons who are not 
licensed conveyancers) of bodies corporate carrying on 
businesses which include the provision of advocacy, litigation or 
probate services; and 
(1) any other matter dealt with by this section or Schedule 8, 
as they apply with respect to the corresponding matters dealt with by Part 
II of that Act. 
Probate services 
Preparation of 54.—(1) In section 23 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (preparation of papers 
papers for probate for probate etc. by unqualified persons), the following subsections shall 
etc. be substituted for subsections (2) and (3>— 
1974 c. 47. 
"(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to— 
(a) a barrister; 
(b) a duly certificated notary public; 
(c) the Public Trustee; 
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(d) the Official Solicitor; PART II 
(e) any institution which— 
(i) is authorised by the Bank of England, under Part 
I of the Banking Act 1987, to carry on a deposit-taking 1987 c. 22. 
business ; and 
(ii) satisfies the conditions mentioned in subsection 
(2A); 
(1) any building society which— 
(i) is authorised to raise money from its members by 
the Building Societies Commission under section 9 of 
the Building Societies Act 1986; and 1986 c. 53. 
(ii) satisfies those conditions; 
(g) any insurance company which— 
(i) is authorised under section 3 or 4 of the Insurance 1982 c. 50. 
Companies Act 1982; and 
(ii) satisfies those conditions; 
(h) any subsidiary (as defined by section 736(1) of the 
Companies Act 1985) of a body falling within paragraph 1985 c. 6. 
(e), (f) or (g)— 
(i) whose business, or any part of whose business, 
consists of acting as trustee or executor; and 
(ii) which satisfies those conditions. 
(2A) The conditions are that the body is a member of, or 
otherwise subject to, a scheme which— 
(a) has been established (whether or not exclusively) for the 
purpose of dealing with complaints about the provision of 
probate services; and 
(b) complies with such requirements as may be prescribed by 
regulations made by the Lord Chancellor with respect to 
matters relating to such complaints. 
(3) Subsection (1) also does not apply to— 
(a) any act done by an officer or employee of a body corporate 
at a time when it is exempt from subsection (1) by virtue of 
any of paragraphs (e) to (h) of subsection (2) or by virtue 
of section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
(preparation of probate papers etc.); or 
(b) any act done by any person at the direction and under the 
supervision of another person if— 
(i) that other person was at the time his employer, a 
partner of his employer or a fellow employee; and 
(ii) the act could have been done by that other person 
for or in expectation of any fee, gain or reward without 
committing an offence under this section. 
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, where a person does any act 
which would constitute an offence under subsection (1) hut for an 
exemption given to him by this section or by or under any other 
enactment, he shall not be guilty of an offence under section 22 by 
virtue of having done that act." 
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PART II (2) In section 115 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (grants to trust 
1981 c. 54. corporations) the following subsection shall be added at the end—— 
"(4) Subsections (1) to (3) shall also apply in relation to any body 
which is exempt from the provisions of section 23(1) of the Solicitors 
Act 1974 (unqualified persons not to prepare papers for probate etc.) 
by virtue of any of paragraphs (e) to (h) of subsection (2) of that 
section." 
(3) If a person who applies for any grant of probate or letters of 
administration— 
(a) makes a statement in his application, or supports his application 
with a document, which he knows to be false or misleading in a 
material particular; or 
(b) recklessly makes a statement in his application, or supports his 
application with a document, which is false or misleading in a 
material particular, 
he shall be guilty of an offence. 
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be 
liable— 
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; 
(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory 
maximum or to both. 
(5) In subsection (3) "letters of administration" includes all letters of 
administration of the effects of deceased persons, whether with or without 
a will annexed, and whether granted for general, special or limited 
purposes. 
Preparation of 55.—(1) The provisions of section 23(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 
probate papers (preparation of papers for probate etc. by unqualified persons) shall not 
etc: exemption apply to any person to whom exemption from those provisions is granted 
from section 23(1) by an approved body. of Solicitors Act 
1974. (2) An approved body may only grant such an exemption to a person 
1974 c. 47. who is one of its members and who satisfies it-—— 
(a) that his business is, and is likely to continue to be, carried on by 
fit and proper persons or, in the case of an individual, that he is 
a fit and proper person; 
(b) that he, and any person employed by him in the provision of 
probate services, is suitably trained; 
(c) that satisfactory arrangements will at all times be in force for 
covering adequately the risk of any claim made against him in 
connection with the provision of probate services by him, 
however arising; 
(d) that he is a member of, or otherwise subject to, a scheme which— 
(i) has been established (whether or not exclusively) for the 
purpose of dealing with complaints about the provision of 
probate services; and 
(ii) complies with such requirements as may be prescribed 
by regulations made by the Lord Chancellor with respect to 
matters relating to such complaints; and 
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(e) that :he has in force satisfactory arrangements to protect his PART II 
clients in the event of his ceasing to provide probate services. 
(3) In this section "approved body" means a professional or other 
body which is approved by the Lord Chancellor under Schedule 9. 
(4) The approval of any body under Schedule 9 may be revoked under 
that Schedule. 
56.—( 1) Every justice shall have power to administer any oath or take Administration of 
any affidavit which is required for the purposes of an application for a oaths etc. by 
grant of probate or letters of administration made in any non-contentious justices in certain 
or common form probate business, probate business. 
(2) A justice before whom any oath or affidavit is taken or made under 
this section shall state in the jurat or attestation at what place and on what 
date the oath or affidavit is taken or made. 
(3) No justice shall exercise the powers conferred by this section in any 
proceedings in which he is interested. 
(4) A document purporting to be signed by a justice administering an 
oath or taking an affidavit shall be admitted in evidence without proof of 
the signature and without proof that he is a justice. 
(5) In this section— 
"affidavit" has the same meaning as in the Commissioners for Oaths 1889 c. 10. 
Act 1889; 
"justice" means a justice of the peace; 
"letters of administration" includes all letters of administration of 
the effects of deceased persons, whether with or without a will 
annexed, and whether granted for general, special or limited 
purposes; and 
"non-contentious or common form probate business" has the same 
meaning as in section 128 of the Supreme Court Act 1981. 1981 c. 54. 
Notaries 
57.—(1) Public notaries shall no longer be appointed to practise only 
within particular districts in England, or particular districts in Wales. 
(2) It shall no longer be necessary to serve a period of apprenticeship 
before being admitted as a public notary. 
(3) Accordingly, the following enactments relating to public notaries 
shall cease to have effect— 
(a) section 2 of the Public Notaries Act 1801 (which provides that no 1801 c. 79. 
person shall be admitted as a public notary unless he has served 
as an apprentice for seven years); 
(b) section 1 of the Public Notaries Act 1833 (which restricts the 1833 c. 70. 
requirement to serve an apprenticeship to London and an area 
of ten miles from the Royal Exchange); 
(c) section 2 of the Public Notaries Act 1833 (appointment of public 
notaries to practise within particular districts in England); 
(d) section 3 of the Public Notaries Act 1843 (which reduced the 1843 c. 90. 
period of apprenticeship to five years); 
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PART II (e) section 37 of the Welsh Church Act 1914 (appointment of public 
1914 c. 91. notaries to practise within particular districts in Wales); and 
1969 c. 58. (f) section 29 of the Administration of Justice Act 1969 (which 
reduced the period of apprenticeship for public notaries in 
London). 
(4) The Master may by rules make provision— 
(a) as to the educational and training qualifications which must be 
satisfied before a person may be granted a faculty to practise as 
a public notary; 
(b) as to further training which public notaries are to be required to 
undergo; 
(c) for regulating the practice, conduct and discipline of public 
notaries; 
(d) supplementing the provision made by subsections (8) and (9); 
(e) as to the keeping by public notaries of records and accounts; 
(f) as to the handling by public notaries of clients' money; 
(g) as to the indemnification of public notaries against losses arising 
from claims in respect of civil liability incurred by them; 
(h) as to compensation payable for losses suffered by persons in 
respect of dishonesty on the part of public notaries or their 
employees; and 
(i) requiring the payment, in such circumstances as may be 
prescribed, of such reasonable fees as may be prescribed, 
including in particular fees for— 
(i) the grant of a faculty; 
(ii) the issue of a practising certificate by the Court of 
Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury; or 
(iii) the entering in that court of a practising certificate 
1974 c. 47. issued under the Solicitors Act 1974. 
(5) The repeal of section 2 of the Act of 1833 and section 37 of the Act 
of 1914 by this Act shall not affect any appointment made under either 
of those sections; but the Master may by rules make such provision as he 
considers necessary or expedient in consequence of either, or both, of 
those repeals. 
(6) Rules made under subsection (5) may, in particular, provide for the 
grant by the Master of a new faculty for any person to whom the Notary 
Public (Welsh Districts) Rules 1924 applied immediately before the 
commencement of this section, in place of the faculty granted to him by 
the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 
(7) Subsections (4) to (6) shall not be taken to prejudice— 
(a) any other power of the Master to make rules; or 
(b) any rules made by him under any such power. 
(8) With effect from the operative date, any restriction placed on a 
qualifying district notary, in terms of the district within which he may 
practise as a public notary, shall cease to apply. 
(9) In this section— 
"Master" means the Master of the Faculties; 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 55 
"the operative date" means the date on which subsection (1) comes PART II 
into force or, if on that date the notary concerned is not a 
qualifying district notary (having held his faculty for less than 
five years)— 
(a) the date on which he becomes a qualifying district 
notary; or 
(b) such earlier date, after the commencement of 
subsection (1), as the Master may by rules prescribe for the 
purpose of this subsection; 
"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this section; and 
"qualifying district notary" means a person who— 
(a) holds a faculty as a notary appointed under section 2 of 
the Act of 1833 or section 37 of the Act of 1914; and 
(b) has held it for a continuous period of at least five years. 
(10) Section 5 of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533 (which amongst 1533 c. 21. 
other things now has the effect of requiring faculties to be registered by the 
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) shall not apply in relation to any faculty 
granted to a public notary. 
(11) Nothing in this section shall be taken— 
(a) to authorise any public notary to practise as a notary or to 
perform or certify any notarial act within the jurisdiction of the 
Incorporated Company of Scriveners of London or to affect the 
jurisdiction or powers of the Company; or 
(b) to restrict the power of the Company to require a person seeking 
to become a public notary within its jurisdiction to serve a 
period of apprenticeship. 
Miscellaneous 
58.—(l) In this section "a conditional fee agreement" means an Conditional fee 
agreement in writing between a person providing advocacy or litigation agreements. 
services and his client which— 
(a) does not relate to proceedings of a kind mentioned in subsection 
(10); 
(b) provides for that person's fees and expenses, or any part of them, 
to be payable only in specified circumstances; 
(c) complies with such requirements (if any) as may be prescribed by 
the Lord Chancellor; and 
(d) is not a contentious business agreement (as defined by section 59 
of the Solicitors Act 1974). 1974 c. 47. 
(2) Where a conditional fee agreement provides for the amount of any 
fees to which it applies to be increased, in specified circumstances, above 
the amount which would be payable if it were not a conditional fee 
agreement, it shall specify the percentage by which that amount is to be 
increased. 
(3) Subject to subsection (6), a conditional fee agreement which relates 
to specified proceedings shall not be unenforceable by reason only of its 
being a conditional fee agreement. 
(4) In this section "specified proceedings" means proceedings of a 
description specified by order made by the Lord Chancellor for the 
purposes of subsection (3). 
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PART II (5) Any such order shall prescribe the maximum permitted percentage 
for each description of specified proceedings. 
(6) An agreement which falls within subsection (2) shall be 
unenforceable if, at the time when it is entered into, the percentage 
specified in the agreement exceeds the prescribed maximum permitted 
percentage for the description of proceedings to which it relates. 
(7) Before making any order under this section the Lord Chancellor 
shall consult the designated judges, the General Council of the Bar, the 
Law Society and such other authorised bodies (if any) as he considers 
appropriate. 
(8) Where a party to any proceedings has entered into a conditional fee 
agreement and a costs order is made in those proceedings in his favour, 
the costs payable to him shall not include any element which takes 
account of any percentage increase payable under the agreement. 
(9) Rules of court may make provision with respect to the taxing of any 
costs which include fees payable under a conditional fee agreement. 
(10) The proceedings mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are any criminal 
proceedings and any proceedings under— 
1973 c. 18. (a) the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; 
1976 c. 50. (b) the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976; 
1976 c. 36. (c) the Adoption Act 1976; 
1978 C. 22. (d) the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978; 
1983 c. 19. (e) sections 1 and 9 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983; 
1984 c. 42. (IT) Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984; 
1989 c. 41. (g) Parts I, II or IV of the Children Act 1989; or 
(h) the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court in relation to 
children. 
Representation 59.—(1) Nothing in this Part shall affect the right of a person who is 
under the Legal represented in proceedings in the Supreme Court or the House of Lords 
Aid Act 1988. under the Legal Aid Act 1988 to select his legal representative. 
1988 c. 34. 
(2) The power to make regulations with respect to representation 
under section 2(7) or 32(8) of that Act shall not be exercised so as to 
provide that representation in any such proceedings may only be by a 
single barrister, solicitor or other legal representative (but that is not to be 
taken as restricting the power to make regulations under section 34(2)(e) 
of that Act). 
Regulation of 60.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations prescribe 
right of Scottish circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, a practitioner 
and Northern who is qualified to practise in Scotland or Northern Ireland may, in such Ireland lawyers to capacity as may be prescribed, exercise in England and Wales— practise in 
England and (a) prescribed rights of audience; or 
Wales. 
(b) prescribed rights to conduct litigation, 
without being entitled to do so apart from the regulations. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 57 
(2) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision for the PART II 
purpose of enabling practitioners who are qualified to practise in 
Scotland or Northern Ireland to become qualified to practise in England 
and Wales on terms, and subject to conditions, corresponding or similar 
to those on which practitioners who are qualified to practise in member 
States may become qualified to practise in that jurisdiction. 
(3) Regulations made under subsection (1) may, in particular— 
(a) prescribe any right of audience which may not be exercised by a 
person in England and Wales unless he is instructed to act 
together with a person who has that right of audience there; 
(b) prescribe legal services which may not be provided by any person 
practising by virtue of the regulations; 
(c) prescribe the title or description which must be used by any 
person practising by virtue of the regulations; 
(d) provide for the means by which the qualification of any person 
claiming to be entitled to practise by virtue of the regulations is 
to be verified; 
(e) provide for such professional or other body as may be prescribed 
to have power to investigate and deal with any complaint made 
against a person practising by virtue of the regulations. 
(4) Regulations made under subsection (1) or (2) may modify any rule 
of law or practice which the Lord Chancellor considers should be 
modified in order to give effect to the regulations. 
(5) In this section "practitioner" means— 
(a) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland or an advocate or solicitor 
in Scotland; and 
(b) any person falling within such category as may be prescribed. 
61.—-(l) Any rule of law which prevents a barrister from entering into a Right of barrister 
contract for the provision of his services as a barrister is hereby abolished, to enter into 
contract for the 
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the General Council of the Bar provision of his 
from making rules (however described) which prohibit barristers from services. 
entering into contracts or restrict their right to do so. 
62.——( 1) A person— Immunity of 
advocates from (a) who is not a barrister; but actions in 
(b) who lawfully provides any legal services in relation to any negligence and for 
proceedings breach of 
contract. 
shall have the same immunity from liability for negligence in respect of his 
acts or omissions as he would have if he were a barrister lawfully 
providing those services. 
• (2) No act or omission on the part of any barrister or other person 
which is accorded immunity from liability for negligence shall give rise to 
an action for breach of any contract relating to the provision by him of 
the legal services in question. 
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PART II 63.—( 1) This section applies to any communication made to or by a 
Legal professional person who is not a barrister or solicitor at any time when that person is— 
pnvilege. (a) providing advocacy or litigation services as an authorised 
advocate or authorised litigator; 
(b) providing conveyancing services as an authorised practitioner; 
or 
(c) providing probate services as a probate practitioner. 
(2) Any such communication shall in any legal proceedings be 
privileged from disclosure in like manner as if the person in question had 
at all material times been acting as his client's solicitor. 
(3) In subsection (1), "probate practitioner" means a person to whom 
1974 c. 47. section 23(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified person not to prepare 
probate papers etc.) does not apply. 
Discrimination by, 64.—( 1) The following shall be inserted in the Sex Discrimination Act 
or in relation to, 1975 after section 35— 
barristers. 
1975 c. 65. 
"Barristers 
Discrimination 35A.—(1) It is unlawful for a barrister or barrister's 
by, or in relation clerk, in relation to any offer of a pupillage or tenancy, to to, barristers. discriminate against a woman— 
(a) in the arrangements which are made for the 
purpose of determining to whom it should be 
offered; 
(b) in respect of any terms on which it is offered; or 
(c) by refusing, or deliberately omitting, to offer it to 
her. 
(2) It is unlawful for a barrister or barrister's clerk, in 
relation to a woman who is a pupil or tenant in the 
chambers in question, to discriminate against her— 
(a) in respect of any terms applicable to her as a pupil 
or tenant; 
(b) in the opportunities for training, or gaining 
experience, which are afforded or denied to her; 
(c) in the benefits, facilities or services which are 
afforded or denied to her; or 
(d) by terminating her pupillage or by subjecting her 
to any pressure to leave the chambers or other 
detriment. 
(3) It is unlawful for any person, in relation to the 
giving, withholding or acceptance of instructions to a 
barrister, to discriminate against a woman. 
(4) In this section— 
"barrister's clerk" includes any person carrying out 
any of the functions of a barrister's clerk; and 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 59 
"pupil", "pupillage", "tenancy" and "tenant" have PART II 
the meanings commonly associated with their 
use in the context of a set of barristers' 
chambers. 
(5) Section 3 applies for the purposes of this section as 
it applies for the purposes of any provision of Part II. 
(6) This section does not apply to Scotland." 
(2) The following shall be inserted in the Race Relations Act 1976 after 1976 c. 74. 
section 26— 
"Barristers 
Discrimination 26A.—(l) It is unlawful for a barrister or barrister's 
by, or in relation clerk, in relation to any offer of a pupillage or tenancy, to to, barristers. discriminate against a person— 
(a) in the arrangements which are made for the 
purpose of determining to whom it should be 
offered; 
(b) in respect of any terms on which it is offered; or 
(c) by refusing, or deliberately omitting, to offer it to 
him. 
(2) It is unlawful for a barrister or barrister's clerk, in 
relation to a pupil or tenant in the chambers in question, 
to discriminate against him— 
(a) in respect of any terms applicable to him as a 
pupil or tenant; 
(b) in the opportunities for training, or gaining 
experience which are afforded or denied to him; 
(c) in the benefits, facilities or services which are 
afforded or denied to him; or 
(d) by terminating his pupillage or by subjecting him 
to any pressure to leave the chambers or other 
detriment. 
(3) It is unlawful for any person, in relation to the 
giving, withholding or acceptance of instructions to a 
barrister, to discriminate against any person. 
(4) In this section— 
"barrister's clerk" includes any person carrying out 
any of the functions of a barrister's clerk; and 
"pupil", "pupillage", "tenancy" and "tenant" have 
the meanings commonly associated with their 
use in the context of a set of barristers' 
chambers. 
(5) This section does not apply to Scotland." 
C 
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PART II 
1975 65. 65.—( 1) The following shall be inserted in the Sex Discrimination Act 
Discrimination by, 1975 after section 35A (as inserted by this Act)— 
or in relation to, 
advocates. Advocates 
Discrimination 35B.—(1) It is unlawful for an advocate, in relation to 
by, or in relation taking any person as his pupil, to discriminate against a to, advocates, woman— 
(a) in the arrangements which he makes for the 
purpose of determining whom he will take as his 
pupil; 
(b) in respect of any terms on which he offers to take 
her as his pupil; or 
(c) by refusing, or deliberately omitting, to take her 
as his pupil. 
(2) It is unlawful for an advocate, in relation to a 
woman who is a pupil, to discriminate against her— 
(a) in respect of any terms applicable to her as a 
pupil; 
(b) in the opportunities for training, or gaining 
experience, which are afforded or denied to her; 
(c) in the benefits, facilities or services which are 
afforded or denied to her; or 
(d) by terminating the relationship or by subjecting 
her to any pressure to terminate the relationship 
or other detriment. 
(3) It is unlawful for any person, in relation to the 
giving, withholding or acceptance of instructions to an 
advocate, to discriminate against a woman. 
(4) In this section—--- 
'advocate' means a member of the Faculty of 
Advocates practising as such; and 
'pupil' has the meaning commonly associated with 
its use in the context of a person training to be 
an advocate. 
(5) Section 3 applies for the purposes of this section as 
it applies for the purposes of any provision of Part II. 
(6) This section does not apply to England and 
Wales." 
1976 c. 74. (2) The following shall be inserted in the Race Relations Act 1976 after 
section 26A (as inserted by this Act)— 
"Advocates 
Discrimination 26B.—( 1) It is unlawful for an advocate, in relation to 
by, or in relation taking any person as his pupil, to discriminate against a to, advocates. erson— 
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(a) in the arrangements which he makes for the PART II 
purpose of determining whom he will take as his 
pupil; 
(b) in respect of any terms on which he offers to take 
any person as his pupil; or 
(c) by refusing, or deliberately omitting, to take a 
person as his pupil. 
(2) It is unlawful for an advocate, in relation to a 
person who is a pupil, to discriminate against him— 
(a) in respect of any terms applicable to him as a 
pupil; 
(b) in the opportunities for training, or gaining 
experience, which are afforded or denied to him; 
(c) in the benefits, facilities or services which are 
afforded or denied to him; or 
(d) by terminating the relationship or by subjecting 
him to any pressure to terminate the 
relationship or other detriment. 
(3) It is unlawful for any person, in relation to the 
giving, withholding or acceptance of instructions to an 
advocate, to discriminate against any person. 
(4) In this section— 
'advocate' means a member of the Faculty of 
Advocates practising as such; and 
'pupil' has the meaning commonly associated with 
its use in the context of a person training to be 
an advocate. 
(5) This section does not apply to England and 
Wales.". 
66.—( 1) Section 39 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (which, in effect, prevents Multi-disciplinary 
solicitors entering into partnership with persons who are not solicitors) and multi-national 
shall cease to have effect. practices. 
1974 c.47. 
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Law Society making rules 
which prohibit solicitors from entering into any unincorporated 
association with persons who are not solicitors, or restrict the 
circumstances in which they may do so. 
(3) Section 10 of the Public Notaries Act 1801 (which, in effect, 1801 c. 79. 
prevents notaries entering into partnership with persons who are not 
notaries) shall cease to have effect. 
(4) Nothing in subsection (3) prevents the Master of the Faculties 
making rules which prohibit notaries from entering into any 
unincorporated association with persons who are not notaries, or restrict 
the circumstances in which they may do so. 
(5) It is hereby declared that no rule of common law prevents barristers 
from entering into any unincorporated association with persons who are 
not barristers. 
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PART II (6) Nothing in subsection (5) prevents the General Council of the Bar 
from making rules which prohibit barristers from entering into any such 
unincorporated association, or restrict the circumstances in which they 
may do so. 
Right of audience 67.—For section 83 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (right of audience 
for solicitors in for solicitors) there shall be substituted the following section— 
certain Crown 
Court centres. "Right of 83.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may at any time direct, 
1981 c. 54. audience for as respects one or more specified places where the Crown 
solicitors m Court sits, that solicitors, or such category of solicitors as certain Crown . . 
Court centres. may be specified in the direction, may have rights of 
audience in the Crown Court. 
(2) Any such direction may be limited to apply only in 
relation to proceedings of a description specified in the 
direction. 
(3) In considering whether to exercise his powers under 
this section the Lord Chancellor shall have regard, in 
particular, to the need to secure the availability of persons 
with rights of audience in the court or proceedings in 
question. 
(4) Any direction under this section may be revoked by 
direction of the Lord Chancellor. 
(5) Any direction under this section may be subject to such 
conditions and restrictions as appear to the Lord Chancellor 
to be necessary or expedient. 
(6) Any exercise by the Lord Chancellor of his power to 
give a direction under this section shall be with the 
concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the 
Rolls, the President of the Family Division and the Vice- 
Chancellor." 
Preparation of 68.—(1) Section 22 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified person not 
documents etc. by to prepare certain instruments) shall be amended as follows. 
registered patent 
agents and trade (2) In subsection (2) (persons exempt from subsection (1)), the 
mark agents. following paragraphs shall be inserted after paragraph (a)— 
"(aa) a registered trade mark agent drawing or preparing any 
instrument relating to any design, trade mark or service 
mark; 
(ab) a registered patent agent drawing or preparing any 
instrument relating to any invention, design, technical 
information, trade mark or service mark." 
(3) The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (3)— 
"(3A) In subsection (2)— 
"registered trade mark agent" has the same meaning as in 
1988 c. 48. section 282(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 
1988; and 
"registered patent agent" has the same meaning as in section 
275(1) of that Act." 
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69.—( 1) Neither the Lord Chancellor nor any of the designated judges PART II 
shall be liable in damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge Exemption from 
or purported discharge of any of their functions under this Part. liability for 
damages etc. 
(2) For the purposes of the law of defamation, the publication by the 
Lord Chancellor, a designated judge or the Director of any advice or reasons given by or to him in the exercise of functions under this Part shall 
be absolutely privileged. 
Offences 
70.—( 1) If any person does any act in the purported exercise of a right Offences. 
of audience, or right to conduct litigation, in relation to any proceedings 
or contemplated proceedings when he is not entitled to exercise that right 
he shall be guilty of an offence. 
(2) If any person does any act in the purported exercise of any right 
granted to authorised practitioners by virtue of this Act when he is not an 
authorised practitioner he shall be guilty of an offence. 
(3) If any person— 
(a) wilfully pretends— 
(i) to be entitled to exercise any right of audience in 
relation to any proceedings, or contemplated proceedings; or 
(ii) to be entitled to exercise any right to conduct litigation 
in relation to any proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, 
when he is not so entitled; 
(b) wilfully pretends to be an authorised practitioner when he is not; 
or 
(c) with the intention of implying falsely that he is so entitled, or is 
such a practitioner, takes or uses any name, title or description, 
he shall be guilty of an offence. 
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be 
liable— 
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory 
maximum or to both; or 
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding two years or to a fine or to both. 
(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be liable, 
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard 
scale. 
(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section, by virtue of 
subsection (1), shall also be guilty of contempt of the court concerned and 
may be punished accordingly. 
(7) Subsection (8) applies where an offence under this section is 
committed by a body corporate. 
(8) If the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or 
connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of— 
(a) any director, secretary or other similar officer of the body 
corporate; or 
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PART II (b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, 
he (as well as the body corporate) shall be guilty of the offence and shall 
be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. 
PART III 
JUDICIAL AND OTHER OFFICES AND JUDICIAL PENSIONS 
Judicial appointments 
Qualification for 71.—(l) In section 10(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981— 
judicial and . 
certain other (a) in paragraph (b) (qualification for appointment as Lord Justice 
appointments, of Appeal) for the words "unless he is a barrister of at least 
1981 54. fifteen years' standing or a judge of the High Court" there shall 
be substituted— 
"unless— 
(i) he has a 10 year High Court qualification within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990; or 
(ii) he is a judge of the High Court;"; 
(b) in paragraph (c) (qualification for appointment as puisne judge 
of the High Court) for the words "unless he is a barrister of at 
least ten years' standing" there shall be substituted— 
"unless— 
(i) he has a 10 year High Court qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990; or 
(ii) he is a Circuit judge who has held that office for at 
least 2 years." 
(2) Schedule 10 shall have effect for the purpose of making 
amendments to other enactments, measures and statutory instruments 
which relate to qualification for judicial and certain other appointments. 
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person has— 
(a) a "Supreme Court qualification" if he has a right of audience in 
relation to all proceedings in the Supreme Court; 
(b) a "High Court qualification" if he has a right of audience in 
relation to all proceedings in the High Court; 
(c) a "general qualification" if he has a right of audience in relation 
to any class of proceedings in any part of the Supreme Court, or 
all proceedings in county courts or magistrates' courts; 
(d) a "Crown Court qualification" if he has a right of audience in 
relation to all proceedings in the Crown Court; 
(e) a "county court qualification" if he has a right of audience in 
relation to all proceedings in county courts; 
(0 a "magistrates' court qualification" if he has a right of audience 
in relation to all proceedings in magistrates' courts. 
(4) References in subsection (3) to a right of audience are references to 
a right of audience granted by an authorised body. 
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(5) Any reference in any enactment, measure or statutory instrument PART III 
to a person having such a qualification of a particular number of years' 
length shall be construed as a reference to a person who— 
(a) for the time being has that qualification, and 
(b) has had it for a period (which need not be continuous) of at least 
that number of years. 
(6) Any period during which a person had a right of audience but was 
not entitled to exercise it shall count towards the period mentioned in 
subsection (5)(b) unless he was prevented by the authorised body 
concerned from exercising that right of audience as a result of disciplinary 
proceedings. 
(7) For the purposes of subsection (5)(a), a solicitor who does not have 
a right of audience, by reason only of not having a practising certificate in 
force, shall be deemed to have such a right, unless his not having a 
practising certificate in force is the result of disciplinary proceedings. 
(8) For the purposes of subsection (5)(b), any period during which a 
solicitor did not have a right of audience, by reason only of not having a 
practising certificate in force, shall be deemed to be a period during which 
he had such a right, unless his not having a practising certificate in force 
was the result of disciplinary proceedings. 
Judges 
72.—(1) For each of the Circuits there shall be at least two Presiding Presiding Judges. 
Judges, appointed from among the puisne judges of the High Court. 
(2) There shall be a Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, 
appointed from among the Lords Justices of Appeal. 
(3) Any appointment under subsection (1) or (2) shall be made by the 
Lord Chief Justice with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor. 
(4) In this section "the Circuits" means— 
(a) the Midland and Oxford Circuit; 
(b) the North Eastern Circuit; 
(c) the Northern Circuit; 
(d) the South Eastern Circuit; 
(e) the Western Circuit; and 
(1) the Wales and Chester Circuit, 
or such other areas of England and Wales as the Lord Chancellor may 
from time to time, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, direct. 
(5) A person appointed as a Presiding Judge or as the Senior Presiding 
Judge shall hold that office in accordance with the terms of his 
appointment. 
(6) In section 4 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (composition of High 1981 c. 54. 
Court)—— 
(a) in subsection (1), after the words "Vice-Chancellor" there shall 
be inserted— 
"(dd) the Senior Presiding Judge"; and 
(b) in subsection (6) for the words "or Vice-Chancellor" there shall 
be substituted "Vice-Chancellor or Senior Presiding Judge". 
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PART III 73.—(1) Where the Master of the Rolls expects to be absent at a time 
Delegation of when it may be appropriate for any relevant functions of his to be 
certain exercised, he may appoint a judge of the Supreme Court to exercise those 
administrative functions on his behalf. functions of 
Master of the (2) Where the Master of the Rolls considers that it would be 
Rolls, inappropriate for him to exercise any such functions in connection with a 
particular matter (because of a possible conflict of interests or for any 
other reason), he may appoint a judge of the Supreme Court to exercise 
those functions on his behalf in connection with that matter. 
(3) Where the Master of the Rolls is incapable of exercising his relevant 
functions, the Lord Chancellor may appoint a judge of the Supreme 
Court to exercise, on behalf of the Master of the Rolls, such of those 
functions as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate. 
(4) Any appointment under this section shall be in writing and shall 
specify— 
(a) the functions which may be exercised by the appointed judge; 
and 
(b) the period for which the appointment is to have effect. 
(5) In this section "relevant functions" means any functions of the 
Master of the Rolls under— 
1922 c. 16. (a) section l44A of the Law of Property Act 1922 (functions in 
relation to manorial documents); 
1958 c. 51. (b) section 7(1) of the Public Records Act 1958 (power to determine 
where records of the Chancery of England are to be deposited); 
1974 c. 47. (c) the Solicitors Act 1974 (which gives the Master of the Rolls 
various functions in relation to solicitors); 
1985 c. 61. (d) section 9 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Administration of Justice Act 
1985 (functions in relation to incorporated practices). 
District judges. 74.—( 1) The offices of— 
(a) registrar, assistant registrar and deputy registrar for each county 
court district; and 
(b) district registrar, assistant district registrar and deputy district 
registrar for each district registry of the High Court, 
shall become the offices of district judge, assistant district judge and 
deputy district judge respectively. 
(2) The office of registrar of the principal registry of the Family 
Division of the High Court shall become the office of district judge of the 
principal registry of the Family Division. 
(3) Any reference in any enactment, instrument or other document to 
an office which is, or includes, one to which this section applies shall be 
construed as a reference to, or (as the case may be) as including a reference 
to, that office by its new name. 
1984 c. 28. (4) In section 14 of the County Courts Act 1984 (power of judge to 
impose penalty for an assault on an officer of the court) after subsection 
(2) there shall be inserted— 
"(3) A district judge, assistant district judge or deputy district 
judge shall have the same powers under this section as a judge." 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 67 
(5) In section 55 of that Act (power of judge to impose penalty for PART III 
refusal to give evidence) after subsection (4) there shall be inserted— 
"(4A) A district judge, assistant district judge or deputy district 
judge shall have the same powers under this section as a judge." 
(6) In section 118 of that Act (power ofjudge to commit for contempt) 
after subsection (2) there shall be inserted— 
"(3) A district judge, assistant district judge or deputy district 
judge shall have the same powers under this section in relation to 
proceedings before him as a judge." 
(7) In section 42 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 1984 c. 42. 
(which allows certain county court proceedings to be taken in the 
principal registry of the Family Division) the following subsection shall 
be inserted after subsection (4)— 
"(4A) Where a district judge of the principal registry is exercising 
jurisdiction in any matrimonial cause or matter which could be 
exercised by a district judge of a county court, he shall have the same 
powers in relation to those proceedings as if he were a district judge 
of a county court and the proceedings were in a county court." 
75. No person holding as a full-time appointment any of the offices Judges etc. barred 
listed in Schedule 11 shall— from legal 
(a) provide any advocacy or litigation services (in any jurisdiction); practice. 
(b) provide any conveyancing or probate services; 
(c) practise as a barrister, solicitor, public notary or licensed 
conveyancer, or be indirectly concerned in any such practice; 
(d) practise as an advocate or solicitor in Scotland, or be indirectly 
concerned in any such practice; or 
(e) act for any remuneration to himself as an arbitrator or umpire. 
76.—(1) A person holding any of the following offices— Judicial oaths. 
(a) district judge, including district judge of the principal registry of 
the Family Division; 
(b) Master of the Queen's Bench Division; 
(c) Master of the Chancery Division; 
(d) Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court; 
(e) Taxing Master of the Supreme Court; 
(0 Admiralty Registrar, 
shall take the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath before a judge of the 
High Court or a Circuit judge. 
(2) The Promissory Oaths Act 1868 shall have effect as if the offices 1868 c. 72. 
listed in the Second Part of the Schedule to that Act included those offices. 
Supreme Court Officers 
77.—(l) In section 92 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (tenure of office) Age for retirement 
for subsection (2) there shall be substituted— of certain 
Supreme Court 
officers. 
1981 c. 54. 
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PART III "(2) Subsection (1) applies to the offices listed in column 1 of Part 
II of Schedule 2 except the office of Queen's Coroner and Attorney 
and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals. 
(2A) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person 
who holds an office to which this subsection applies shall vacate it at 
the end of the completed year of service in the course of which he 
attains the age of sixty-two years. 
(2B) Subsection (2A) applies to the offices listed in column 1 of 
Part I of Schedule 2 and the office of Queen's Coroner and Attorney 
and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals. 
(2C) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2A) a person who 
has successively held two or more offices listed in column 1 of Part I 
or Il of Schedule 2 shall be treated as completing a year of service on 
the anniversary of his appointment to the first of them." 
(2) After subsection (3) of that section (retirement age increased in 
certain circumstances to 75 years) there shall be inserted— 
"(3A) Where the Lord Chancellor considers it desirable in the 
public interest to retain in office a person who holds an office to 
which subsection (2A) applies after the time when he would 
otherwise retire in accordance with that subsection, the Lord 
Chancellor may from time to time authorise the continuance in 
office of that person until such date, not being later than the date on 
which he attains the age of sixty-five years, as he thinks fit." 
(3) In subsection (4) of that section (person to hold office during good 
behaviour) after the words "subsection (1)" there shall be inserted "or 
(2A)". 
Registrar of 78.——( 1) The office of Registrar of Criminal Appeals shall be combined 
Criminal Appeals. with the office of Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown 
Office. 
1981 c. 20. (2) After section 13 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 there shall be 
inserted— 
"Registrar of 1 3A. There may be paid to persons who have held the 
Criminal office of Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the 
Appeals. Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals such 
superannuation allowances as the Lord Chancellor may, 
with the approval of the Treasury, determine." 
(3) In Part I of Schedule ito that Act (which lists certain officers of the 
Supreme Court and has the effect of entitling them to pension benefits 
etc.) the entry relating to the Registrar of Criminal Appeals shall be 
omitted. 
(4) The offices of Assistant Registrar of Criminal Appeals and Deputy 
Assistant Registrar of Criminal Appeals are hereby abolished. 
Judicial pensions 
Widowers' 79.—-(l) The following section shall be inserted in the Judicial Pensions 
pensions. Act 1981, after section 18 (which sets out the conditions on which a 
widow's pension is payable)— 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 69 
"Widowers' 18A.—(1) Section 18 above shall have effect in relation PART III 
pensions, to the death of a female person as it has effect in relation 
to the death of a male person but as if— 
(a) for the words "widow", "widow's pension" and 
"wife" there were substituted "widower", 
"widower's pension" and "husband"; and 
(b) for the words "his", "he" and "him" there were 
substituted "hers", "she" and "her". 
(2) The transitional provisions in Part IV of Schedule 
2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to widowers' 
pensions." 
(2) The transitional provisions set out in Schedule 12 shall be inserted 
in the Act of 1981 as Part IV of Schedule 2 to that Act. 
80. For section 19 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (determination of 
widow's pension) there shall be substituted— pensions: 
"Widows' and 19.-—(l) No widow's or widower's pension may be supplemental. 
widowers' granted if the marriage with the deceased took place after 1981 c. 20. 
pensions, he or she retired from relevant service. 
(2) A widow's or widower's pension shall come to an 
end on the death of the widow or widower. 
(3) Where a widow's or widower's pension is payable 
the Treasury may, on or at any time after the re-marriage 
of the widow or widower, direct that it shall cease to be 
payable. 
(4) Where such a direction has been given the Treasury 
may at any time direct that payment of the pension is to 
be resumed. 
(5) The annual amount of a widow's or widower's 
pension may be one half of the annual amount of the 
personal pension." 
81. Schedule 13 amends the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 by inserting a Transfer of 
new Schedule 1A, which makes provision for the transfer of accrued accrued rights to 
rights into and out of the judicial pension schemes constituted by that Act and from judicial 
and the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961. pensiOn schemes. 
82.—( 1) In the Judicial Pensions Act 1981, the following section shall Voluntary 
be inserted after section 33— contributions. 
"Voluntary 33A.—(1) Regulations shall make provision entitling 
contributions, any member of a judicial pension scheme constituted by 
this Act or the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961 to 
make voluntary contributions towards the cost of the 
provision of additional benefits under the scheme. 
(2) The regulations— 
(a) may not prohibit the payment of voluntary 
contributions; 
(b) may not impose any limit on the amount which 
any member may pay by way of voluntary 
contributions other than an upper limit 
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PART III corresponding to that for the time being fixed by 
1988 c. 1. or under section 594 of the Income and 
Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (exempt statutory 
schemes); 
(c) must secure that any voluntary contributions 
paid by a member of a scheme are used to 
provide prescribed additional benefits for or in 
respect of him; and 
(d) must secure that the value of such additional 
benefits is reasonable, having regard to— 
(i) the amount paid by way of voluntary 
contributions; 
(ii) the value of the other benefits provided 
under the scheme; and 
(iii) the general value of benefits available 
to a person under any contract of life 
insurance entered into by him with an 
insurance company to which Part II of the 
1982 c. 50. Insurance Companies Act 1982 (regulation of 
companies carrying on insurance 
business within the United Kingdom) applies. 
(3) The regulations may, in particular— 
(a) provide that the value of additional benefits 
offered on payment of voluntary contributions 
shall be determined in accordance with 
prescribed rules based on tables prepared for the 
purposes of the regulations by the Government 
Actuary; and 
(b) prescribe the manner in which it is to be 
determined in any case whether the amount of a 
person's contributions exceeds any limit 
imposed by virtue of subsection (2)(b) above. 
(4) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be taken to prevent 
the regulations from limiting the overall amount which a 
member may pay by way of voluntary contributions by 
reference to the maximum entitlement of members under 
the scheme. 
(5) Regulations made under this section may make 
provision for consequential and incidental matters, 
including, in particular, consequential provision with 
respect to any enactment referring or relating to lump 
sums payable under Part II of this Act. 
(6) Regulations under this section may be made— 
(a) by the Lord Chancellor; or 
(b) in relation to pensions for service in offices 
existing only in Scotland, by the Secretary of 
State, 
with the consent of the Treasury. 
(7) The power to make regulations under this section 
shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 71 
(8) Any such statutory instrument shall be subject to PART III 
annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of 
Parliament." 
(2) In section 12 of the Social Security Act 1986 (voluntary 1986c. 50. 
contributions), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection 
(10)— 
"(1OA) This section does not apply in relation to any pension 
payable under the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 or the Sheriffs' 1981 c. 20. 
Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961." 1961 c. 42. 
(3) In Article 14 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 S.!. 1986/1888 
(voluntary contributions in Northern Ireland) the following paragraph (N.!. 18). 
shall be inserted after paragraph (10)— 
"(bA) This Article does not apply in relation to any pension 
payable under the Judicial Pensions Act 1981." 
83.—( 1) In each of the following provisions (which among other Period of service 
things require a minimum number of years service for qualification for to qualify for 
superannuation benefits)— certain 
superannuation 
(a) section 7(1) of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (stipendiary benefits. 
magistrates); 
(b) section 9(1) of that Act (Judge Advocate General); 
(c) paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to that Act (Supreme Court 
officers etc); and 
(d) section 1(1) of the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961, 
for the words "5 years", or "five years", there shall be substituted, in each 
case, "2 years". 
(2) In section 7(3) of the Act of 1981 (rate of pension payable to a 
stipendiary magistrate) for "(a)" there shall be substituted— 
"(a) if the period of service amounts to less than 5 (but not less 
than 2) years, 6/8Oths of his last annual salary, 
(aa)". 
(3) In section 9 of the Act of 1981 (rate of pension payable to Judge 
Advocate General) the following subsection shall be inserted after 
subsection (3)— 
"(3A) The annual rate of pension payable under this section to a 
person retiring after less than 5 (but not less than 2) years service 
shall be 6/80ths of his last annual salary." 
(4) In paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1981 (rate of pension 
payable to an officer of the Supreme Court etc.) for "(a)" there shall be 
substituted— 
"(a) if the period of relevant service amounts to less than 5 (but 
not less than 2) years, 6/80ths of his last annual salary, 
(aa)". 
(5) In subsections (2) and (3) of section 3 of the Sheriffs' Pensions 
(Scotland) Act 1961 (rate of pension payable to sheriff and salaried 
sheriff-substitute) for "(a)" there shall, in each case, be substituted— 
72 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART III "(a) where the period of his relevant service exceeds two years 
but is less than five years, six eightieths of his last annual 
salary; 
(aa)". 
Abolition of 84. The following provisions (which provide for the abatement of 
abatement of salaries of holders of certain judicial and related offices who are in receipt 
salary rule for of pensions payable in respect of public offices) shall cease to have effect— 
judges etc. . . 
1967 28 (a) section 3 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 
1967 (miscellaneous offices); 
1969 c. 7 (b) section 1 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 
(N.I.). (Northern Ireland) 1969 (miscellaneous offices in Northern 
Ireland); 
1971 c. 23. (c) section 18(3) of the Courts Act 1971 (Circuit judges); 
1975 c. 27. (d) in section 1(2) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 
(Lord Chancellor), the words from "but" to the end; 
1973 c. 15. (e) section 9(4) of the Administration of Justice Act 1973 (Lords of 
Appeal in Ordinary, judges of the Court of Session, judges of 
the Supreme Court in Northern Ireland and stipendiary 
magistrates); 
1981 c. 54. (1) section 12(4) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (judges of the 
Supreme Court other than the Lord Chancellor). 
PART IV 
SoLIcITORs 
Practising 85. After section 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (qualifications for 
certificates for practising as solicitor) there shall be inserted the following section— 
employed 
solicitors. "Practising 1A. A person who has been admitted as a solicitor and 
1974 c. 47. certificates: whose name is on the roll shall, if he would not otherwise employed be taken to be acting as a solicitor, be taken for the solicitors. . . . purposes of this Act to be so acting if he is employed in 
connection with the provision of any legal services— 
(a) by any person who is qualified to act as a 
solicitor; 
(b) by any partnership at least one member of which 
is so qualified; or 
(c) by a body recognised by the Council of the Law 
Society under section 9 of the Administration of 
Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices)." 
Commencement, 86. The following section shall be substituted for section 14 of the 
expiry and Solicitors Act 1974 (date and expiry of practising certificates)— 
replacement of 
practising 
certificates. 
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"Commence- 1 4.—( 1) Every practising certificate shall have effect PART IV 
ment, expiry and from the beginning of the day ("the commencement replacement of date") on which it is issued. practising 
certificates. (2) The Master of the Rolls may, with the concurrence 
of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, make 
(a) prescribing the date ("the replacement date") by 
which each solicitor who has a practising 
certificate which is for the time being in force 
must apply for a new practising certificate if he 
wishes to continue to have one; and 
(b) requiring every practising certificate to specify its 
replacement date. 
(3) The Society shall enter the commencement date 
and replacement date of each practising certificate in the 
register kept under section 9. 
(4) Without prejudice to section 28(1), any regulations 
under subsection (2) niay— 
(a) provide for different replacement dates for 
different categories of solicitor or in different 
circumstances; 
(b) provide for the Society to specify different 
replacement dates to those prescribed by the 
regulations in respect of individual solicitors; 
(c) make such transitional, incidental and 
supplemental provision, in connection with any 
provision for different replacement dates 
(including different dates specified by the 
Society), as the Master of the Rolls considers 
expedient. 
(5) Where a practising certificate is in force with 
respect to a solicitor, the Society may withdraw the 
certificate if— 
(a) the replacement date for that certificate has 
passed; but 
(b) he has not applied for a new practising 
certificate. 
(6) A practising certificate shall expire 
(a) where the solicitor's name is removed from or 
struck off the roll, immediately upon the 
occurrence of that event; 
(b) where it is withdrawn under subsection (5), 
immediately upon the occurrence of that event; 
(c) where a new practising certificate is issued to the 
solicitor, on the commencement of the new 
certificate; 
(d) where the Society refuses to issue the solicitor 
with a new practising certificate— 
(i) immediately after the replacement date 
for the existing certificate has passed; or, 
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PART IV (ii) if that date has already passed, 
immediately upon the Society taking its 
decision not to issue him with a new 
certificate. 
(7) Where any practising certificate expires in the 
circumstances mentioned in subsection (6)(a), (b) or (d) 
the date of its expiry shall be entered in the register kept 
under section 9." 
Fees payable on 87. In section ii of the Solicitors Act 1974 (fees payable on issue of 
issue of practising practising certificates), the following subsections shall be substituted for 
certificates. subsections (2) and (2A)— 
1974 c. 47. "(2) An order under subsection (1) may specify reduced fees for 
practising certificates in such circumstances as may be so specified. 
(2A) Subsection (2B) applies where an order under subsection (1) 
specifies a reduced fee in the case of a solicitor whose income, from 
his practice as a solicitor, is, during such period as may be so 
specified, less than an amount so specified. 
(2B) The question for the purposes of any such order, 
the income of a solicitor during the specified period falls below the 
specified amount shall be determined in accordance with regulations 
made by the Master of the Rolls with the concurrence of the Lord 
Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice." 
Additional fee 88. The following section shall be inserted in the Solicitors Act 1974 
payable by certain after section 12— 
solicitors on 
applying for "Additional fee 12A.—(l) Where a solicitor applies for a practising 
practising payable by certificate at a time when section 12 has effect in relation 
certificates, certain solicitors to him by reason of the circumstances mentioned in on plying for section 12(1)(ee), he shall pay an additional fee to the 
certificates. Society when making his application. 
(2) The amount of that additional fee— 
(a) shall be fixed by order of the Master of the Rolls 
made with the concurrence of the Lord 
Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice; and 
(b) shall be designed to provide reasonable 
compensation to the Society for the additional 
cost of dealing with such applications." 
Foreign lawyers: 89.—(l) The Law Society shall maintain a register of foreign lawyers 
recognised bodies for the purposes of this section. 
and partnerships . . . 
with solicitors. (2) A foreign lawyer who wishes to be registered under this section 
must apply to the Society in accordance with the requirements of Part I of 
Schedule 14. 
(3) The power to make rules under— 
(a) the following provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974— 
(i) section 31 (professional practice, conduci. and 
discipline); 
(ii) section 32 (accounts and trust accounts); 
(iii) section 34 (accountants' reports); 
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(iv) section 36 (Compensation Fund); and PART IV 
(v) section 37 (professional indemnity); and 
(b) section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 1985 c. 61. 
(incorporated practices), 
shall also be exercisable in relation to registered foreign lawyers. 
(4) Subject to the provisions of Schedule 14, any such power may be 
exercised so as— 
(a) to make different provision with respect to solicitors who enter 
into multi-national partnerships to the provision made with 
respect to other solicitors; 
(b) to make different provision with respect to the management and 
control of recognised bodies by solicitors and registered foreign 
lawyers to the provision made with respect to the management 
and control of recognised bodies by solicitors; 
(c) to make different provision with respect to registered foreign 
lawyers who are members of multi-national partnerships to the 
provision made with respect to solicitors; or 
(d) to make different provision with respect to officers of recognised 
bodies who are registered foreign lawyers to the provision made 
with respect to officers of recognised bodies who are solicitors. 
(5) Subject to the provisions of Schedule 14, the Lord Chancellor may 
by order provide that any enactment or instrument— 
(a) passed or made before the commencement of this section; 
(b) having effect in relation to solicitors; and 
(c) specified in the order, 
shall have effect with respect to registered foreign lawyers as it has effect 
with respect to solicitors. 
(6) An order under subsection (5) may provide for an enactment or 
instrument to have effect with respect to registered foreign lawyers subject 
to such additions, omissions or other modifications as the Lord 
Chancellor sees fit to specify in the order. 
(7) Subject to the provisions of Schedule 14, the Lord Chancellor may 
by order provide that any enactment or instrument— 
(a) passed or made before the commencement of this section; 
(b) having effect in relation to recognised bodies; and 
(c) specified in the order, 
shall, in its application in relation to recognised bodies whose officers 
include one or more registered foreign lawyers, have effect with such 
additions, omissions or other modifications as the Lord Chancellor sees 
fit to specify in the order. 
(8) Schedule 14 shall have effect for the purposes of supplementing this 
section. 
(9) In this section and in Schedule 14— 
"foreign lawyer" means a person who is not a solicitor or barrister 
but who is a member, and entitled to practise as such, of a legal 
profession regulated within a jurisdiction outside England and 
Wales; 
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PART IV "multi-national partnership" means a partnership whose members 
consist of one or more registered foreign lawyers and one or 
more solicitors; 
"recognised body" has the same meaning as in section 9 of the 
1985 Administration of Justice Act 1985 (management and control 
by solicitors of incorporated practices); and 
"registered foreign lawyer" means a foreign lawyer who is registered 
under this section. 
The 90. In paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 
Compensation 1985 (payments into the Compensation Fund by bodies recognised under 
Fund: section 9 of that Act), the following sub-paragraphs shall be substituted incorporated for sub-paragraph (1)— practices. 
"(1) On an application under section 9 of this Act a body 
corporate shall pay to the Society, with any fee required to be paid 
by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of that section, a contribution to the 
Compensation Fund of such amount as the Council may from time 
to time determine. 
(IA) On being required to do so by the Society, every recognised 
body shall pay a further contribution to the Compensation Fund of 
such amount as the Council may from time to time determine. 
(1B) The Society may only require a contribution under sub- 
paragraph (1A) if— 
(a) the recognised body has held or received clients' money at 
any time within the twelve-month period; and 
(b) no such contribution has been required from that body 
within that period. 
(IC) In sub-paragraph (1B) "the twelve-month period", in 
relation to any requirement for payment of a further contribution, 
means the period of twelve months ending immediately before the 
day on which the requirement is imposed. 
(1D) Schedule 2 to the 1974 Act shall apply to amounts paid to 
the Society in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) or (1A) of this 
paragraph as if they were annual contributions or special levies paid 
in pursuance of paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph 2(1) of that 
Schedule." 
Power of Law 91.—(1) In paragraph I of Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 
Society to (circumstances in which Society may intervene in solicitors' practices) the 
intervene following paragraphs shall be added at the end— solicitors 
practices. "(h) the Council are satisfied that a sole solicitor has 
1974 47 abandoned his practice; 
(i) the Council are satisfied that a sole solicitor is incapacitated 
by age to such an extent as to be unable to attend to his 
practice; 
(j) any power conferred by this Schedule has been exercised in 
relation to a sole solicitor by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) 
and he has acted as a sole solicitor within the period of 
eighteen months beginning with the date on which it was 
so exercised; 
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(k) the Council are satisfied that a person has acted as a PART IV 
solicitor at a time when he did not have a practising 
certificate which was in force; 
(1) the Council are satisfied that a solicitor has failed to comply 
with any condition, subject to which his practising 
certificate was granted or otherwise has effect, to the effect 
that he may act as a solicitor only— 
(i) in employment which is approved by the Society 
in connection with the imposition of that condition; 
(ii) as a member of a partnership which is so 
approved; 
(iii) as an officer of a body recognised by the Council 
of the Law Society under section 9 of the 
Administration of Justice Act 1985 and so approved; or 1985 C. 61. 
(iv) in any specified combination of those ways." 
(2) In section 15 of the Act of 1974 (suspension of practising 
certificates) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection 
(1)— 
"(1A) Where the power conferred by paragraph 6(1) or 9(1) of 
Schedule 1 has been exercised in relation to a solicitor by virtue of 
paragraph 1(1)(a)(i), (c) (so far as it applies to rules made by virtue 
of section 32) or (e) of that Schedule, the exercise of that power shall 
operate immediately to suspend any practising certificate of that 
solicitor for the time being in force. 
(1B) Subsection (1A) does not apply if, at the time when the 
power referred to there is exercised, the Society directs that 
subsection (1A) is not to apply in relation to the solicitor concerned. 
(1C) If, at the time when the power referred to in subsection (1A) 
is exercised, the Society gives a direction to that effect, the solicitor 
concerned may continue to act in relation to any matter specified in 
the direction as if his practising certificate had not been suspended 
by virtue of subsection (1 A), but subject to such conditions (if any) 
as the Society sees fit to impose." 
(3) In section 16 of the Act of 1974 (duration of suspension of 
practising certificates) in subsection (3) the following paragraph shall be 
inserted after paragraph (c)— 
"(d) by virtue of section 15(1A)". 
92.—(l) Section 47 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (jurisdiction and powers Functions of the 
of the Tribunal) shall be amended as follows. Solicitors 
Disciplinary 
(2) The following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (1) Tribunal. 
and (2)— 1974 c. 47. 
"(1) Any application— 
(a) to strike the name of a solicitor off the roll; 
(b) to require a solicitor to answer allegations contained in an 
affidavit; 
(c) to require a former solicitor whose name has been removed 
from or struck off the roll to answer allegations contained 
in an affidavit relating to a time when he was a solicitor; 
78 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART IV (d) by a solicitor who has been suspended from practice for an 
unspecified period, by order of the Tribunal, for the 
termination of that suspension; 
(e) by a former solicitor whose name has been struck off the roll 
to have his name restored to the roll; 
(I) by a former solicitor in respect of whom a direction has been 
given under subsection (2)(g) to have his name restored to 
the roll, 
shall be made to the Tribunal; but nothing in this subsection shall 
affect any jurisdiction over solicitors exercisable by the Master of the 
Rolls, or by any judge of the High Court, by virtue of section 50. 
(2) Subject to subsection (3) and to section 54, on the hearing of 
any application or complaint made to the Tribunal under this Act, 
other than an application under section 43, the Tribunal shall have 
power to make such order as it may think fit, and any such order may 
in particular include provision for any of the following matters— 
(a) the striking off the roll of the name of the solicitor to whom 
the application or complaint relates; 
(b) the suspension of that solicitor from practice indefinitely or 
for a specified period; 
(c) the payment by that solicitor or former solicitor of a penalty 
not exceeding £5,000, which shall be forfeit to Her 
Majesty; 
(d) in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2A), the 
exclusion of that solicitor from legal aid work (either 
permanently or for a specified period); 
(e) the termination of that solicitor's unspecified period of 
suspension from practice; 
(0 the restoration to the roll of the name of a former solicitor 
whose name has been struck off the roll and to whom the 
application relates; 
(g) in the case of a former solicitor whose name has been 
removed from the roll, a direction prohibiting the 
restoration of his name to the roll except by order of the 
Tribunal; 
(h) in the case of an application under subsection (1)(f), the 
restoration of the applicant's name to the roll; 
(i) the payment by any party of costs or a contribution towards 
costs of such amount as the Tribunal may consider 
reasonable." 
(3) In subsection (2A) for the words "(2)(bb)" there shall be 
substituted "(2)(d)". 
(4) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted— 
"(3A) Where, on the hearing of any application or complaint 
under this Act, the Tribunal is satisfied that more than one 
allegation is proved against the person to whom the application or 
complaint relates it may impose a separate penalty (by virtue of 
subsection (2)(c)) with respect to each such allegation." 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 79 
(5) In section 48(2) of that Act (recording and publishing of orders of PART IV 
the Tribunal)— 
(a) for the words "(a) to (e)" there shall be substituted "(a) to (i)"; 
(b) in paragraph (a) after the word "solicitor" there shall be inserted 
"or former solicitor"; 
(c) in paragraph (b) for the words "paragraph (d) or (e) of that 
subsection" there shall be substituted "paragraph (e), (f), (h) or 
(i) of section 47(2)". 
(6) In section 49(l)(a) of that Act (appeal from Tribunal to the Master 
of the Rolls) for the words "47(1)(b)" there shall be substituted "47(l)(d), 
(e) or (f)". 
93.—( 1) Section 44A of the Solicitors Act 1974 (powers of Council to Redress for 
impose sanctions for inadequate professional services) shall cease to have inadequate 
effect. professional 
services. 
(2) In its place, the following shall be inserted in that Act after section i c. 47. 
37— 
"Inadequate professional services 
Redress for 37A. Schedule 1A shall have effect with respect to the 
inadequate provision by solicitors of services which are not of the professional quality which it is reasonable to expect of them." services. 
(3) The provisions set out in Schedule 15 shall be inserted in that Act 
as Schedule lA. 
(4) Section 47A of that Act (power of Tribunal to impose sanctions for 
inadequate professional services) shall cease to have effect. 
94.—(l) In section 13A of the Solicitors Act 1974 (imposition of Solicitors charged 
conditions while practising certificates are in force), the following shall be with or convicted 
added at the end of subsection (2)— of fraud or serious 
crime. 
"; or 
(d) he has been charged with, or convicted of— 
(i) an offence involving dishonesty or deception; or 
(ii) a serious arrestable offence (as defined by section 
116 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984)." 1984 c. 60. 
(2) In subsection (5) of section 13A of that Act the following 
paragraph shall be added at the end— 
"This subsection does not apply to the exercise of the Society's 
powers under this section by virtue of subsection (2)(d)." 
(3) After section 1 3A of that Act there shall be inserted the following 
section— 
"Suspension of 13B.—(1) Where— 
certificates where (a) a solicitor has been convicted of— 
solicitors (i) an offence involving dishonesty or 
convicted of deception; or fraud or serious 
crime. 
80 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART IV (ii) a serious arrestable offence (as defined 
by section 116 of the Police and Criminal 
1984 C. 60. Evidence Act 1984); and 
(b) the Society has made an application to the 
Tribunal under section 47 with respect to him, 
the Society may direct that any practising certificate of his 
which is for the time being in force be suspended. 
(2) Any such suspension shall be for such period, not 
exceeding six months, as the Society shall specify in the 
direction. 
(3) If, before the specified period expires— 
(a) the Tribunal determines the Society's 
application; 
(b) the conviction is quashed or set aside; or 
(c) the Society withdraws its application to the 
Tribunal, 
the suspension shall cease to have effect. 
(4) Where the specified period comes to an end without 
any of the events mentioned in subsection (3) having 
occurred, the Society may direct that the suspension be 
continued for such period, not exceeding six months, as it 
shall specify in the direction. 
(5) A suspension under this section may only be 
extended once under subsection (4). 
(6) Nothing in this section is to be taken as in any way 
affecting the Tribunal's power to suspend a solicitor from 
practice. 
(7) A solicitor in whose case a direction is given under 
subsection (1) or (4) may appeal to the Master of the Rolls 
against the direction within one month of being notified 
of it. 
(8) In an appeal under subsection (7), the Master of the 
Rolls may— 
(a) affirm the suspension; 
(b) direct that the appellant's certificate shall not be 
suspended but shall have effect subject to such 
conditions as the Master of the Rolls thinks fit; 
(c) by order revoke the direction; or 
(d) make such other order as he thinks fit." 
Appeals against 95. In section 8 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (removal or restoration of 
refusal to restore name at solicitor's request) the following subsections shall be added at the 
solicitor's name to end— roll under section 
8 of the 1974 Act. "(4) An appeal from any decision of the Society under subsection 
1974 c. 47. (2) shall lie to the Master of the Rolls. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 81 
(5) The Master of the Rolls may make regulations about appeals PART IV 
to him under this section." 
96. The following section shall be inserted in the Solicitors Act 1974 Powers of entry 
after section 22 (unqualified person not to prepare certain instruments)— etc. of local 
weights and 
"Powers of entry 22A.—( 1) Any authorised officer who has reasonable measures 
etc. of local cause to suspect that an offence may have been committed authorities. 
weights and . . 1974 C. 47. under section 22 may, at any reasonable time— measures 
authorities. (a) enter any premises which are not used solely as a 
dwelling; 
(b) require any officer, agent or other competent 
person on the premises who is, or may be, in 
possession of information relevant to an 
investigation under section 22, to provide such 
information; 
(c) require the production of any document which 
may be relevant to such an investigation; 
(d) take copies, or extracts, of any such documents; 
(e) seize and retain any document which he has 
reason to believe may be required as evidence in 
proceedings for an offence under section 22. 
(2) Any person exercising any power given by 
subsection (1) shall, if asked to do so, produce evidence 
that he is an authorised officer. 
(3) A justice of the peace may issue a warrant under 
this section if satisfied, on information on oath given by 
an authorised officer, that there is reasonable cause to 
believe that an offence may have been committed under 
section 22 and that— 
(a) entry to the premises concerned, or production 
of any documents which may be relevant to an 
investigation under section 22, has been or is 
likely to be refused to an authorised officer; or 
(b) there is reasonable cause to believe that, if 
production of any such document were to be 
required by the authorised officer without a 
warrant having been issued under this section, 
the document would not be produced but would 
be removed from the premises or hidden, 
tampered with or destroyed. 
(4) A warrant issued under this section shall authorise 
the authorised officer accompanied, where he considers it 
appropriate, by a constable or any other person— 
(a) to enter the premises specified in the 
information, using such force as is reasonably 
necessary; and 
(b) to exercise any of the powers given to the 
authorised officer by subsection (1). 
82 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART IV (5) If a person— 
(a) intentionally obstructs an authorised officer in 
the exercise of any power under this section; 
(b) intentionally fails to comply with any 
requirement properly imposed on him by an 
authorised officer in the exercise of any such 
power; 
(c) fails, without reasonable excuse, to give to an 
authorised officer any assistance or information 
which he may reasonably require of him for the 
purpose of exercising any such power; or 
(d) in giving to an authorised officer any 
information which he has been required to give 
to an authorised officer exercising any such 
power, makes any statement which he knows to 
be false or misleading in a material particular, 
he shall be guilty of an offence. 
(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section 
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not 
exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. 
(7) Nothing in this section shall be taken to require any 
person to answer any question put to him by an 
authorised officer, or to give any information to an 
authorised officer, if to do so might incriminate him. 
(8) In this section— 
"authorised officer" means any officer of a local 
weights and measures authority who is 
authorised by the authority to exercise the 
powers given by subsection (1); and 
"document" includes information recorded in any 
form. 
(9) In relation to information recorded otherwise than 
in legible form, references in this section to its production 
include references to producing a copy of the information 
in legible form." 
Committees and 97. The following section shall be substituted for section 79 of the 
sub-committees of Solicitors Act 1974 (committees of the Council)— 
the Council. 
1974 c. 47. "Committees 79.—(1) Subject to any provision to the contrary made 
and sub- by or under any enactment, the Council may arrange for 
committees of any of its functions (other than reserved functions) to be the Council. discharged by— 
(a) a committee of the Council; 
(b) a sub-committee of such a committee; or 
(c) an individual (whether or not a member of the 
Society's stafi). 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 83 
(2) Where, by virtue of subsection (l)(a), any of the PART IV 
Council's functions may be discharged by a committee, 
the committee may arrange for the discharge of any of 
those functions by— 
(a) a sub-committee of that committee; or 
(b) an individual (whether or not a member of the 
Society's staff). 
(3) Where, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2), any of the 
Council's functions may be discharged by a sub- 
committee, the sub-committee may arrange for the 
discharge of any of those functions by a member of the 
Society's staff. 
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) shall have effect subject to 
any contrary direction given by the Council. 
(5) Subject to any direction given by the Council under 
subsection (4), subsection (3) shall have effect subject to 
any contrary direction given by the committee concerned. 
(6) Any power given by subsection (1), (2) or (3) may be 
exercised so as to impose restrictions or conditions on the 
body or individual by whom the functions concerned are 
to be discharged. 
(7) A committee of the Council, and any sub-committee 
of such a committee, discharging functions delegated 
under this section may include persons other than— 
(a) members of the Council; 
(b) members of the Society; 
(c) solicitors. 
(8) The majority of the members of any such committee 
or sub-committee may be persons who may be included 
by virtue of subsection (7). 
(9) The number and term of office of the members of 
such a committee and the number of those members 
necessary to form a quorum, shall be fixed by the Council. 
(10) Subject to any restriction or condition imposed by 
the Council, the number and term of office of the members 
of such a sub-committee and the number of those 
members necessary to form a quorum, shall be fixed by 
the committee concerned. 
(11) The validity of any proceedings of such a 
committee or sub-committee shall not be affected by any 
casual vacancy among its members. 
(12) In this section "reserved functions" means— 
(a) the function of making rules or regulations under 
section 2, 31, 32, 34, 36, or 37 or under section 9 
of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 1985 c. 61. 
(incorporated practices); 
84 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART IV (b) the function of setting fees or financial 
contributions under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 
2 or section 8(2) or under paragraph 6 of 
Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 
1985." 
Agreements with 98.—(l) Section 57 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (non-contentious 
solicitors for business agreements) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) 
payment by to (4). hourly rates. 
1974 c. (2) In subsection (2) (method of payment which may be agreed), after 
the words "gross sum" there shall be inserted "or by reference to an 
hourly rate". 
(3) In subsection (4), for the words "Subject to subsection (5)" there 
shall be substituted "Subject to subsections (5) and (7)". 
(4) After subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following 
subsections— 
"(6) Subsection (7) applies where the agreement provides for the 
remuneration of the solicitor to be by reference to an hourly rate. 
(7) If, on the taxation of any costs, the agreement is relied on by 
the solicitor and the client objects to the amount of the costs (but is 
not alleging that the agreement is unfair or unreasonable), the taxing 
officer may enquire into— 
(a) the number of hours worked by the solicitor; and 
(b) whether the number of hours worked by him was 
excessive." 
(5) In section 59(1) of the Act of 1974 (method of payment which may 
be agreed in contentious business agreement) after the words "gross sum" 
there shall be inserted "or by reference to an hourly rate". 
(6) In section 60(1) of the Act of 1974 (which among other things 
provides for section 69 of that Act not to apply to contentious business 
agreements), after the word "or" there shall be inserted "(except in the 
case of an agreement which provides for the solicitor to be remunerated 
by reference to an hourly rate)". 
(7) In section 61 of the Act of 1974 (enforcement of contentious 
business agreements), the following subsections shall be inserted after 
subsection (4)— 
"(4A) Subsection (4B) applies where a contentious business 
agreement provides for the remuneration of the solicitor to be by 
reference to an hourly rate. 
(4B) If on the taxation of any costs the agreement is relied on by 
the solicitor and the client objects to the amount of the costs (but is 
not alleging that the agreement is unfair or unreasonable), the taxing 
officer may enquire into— 
(a) the number of hours worked by the solicitor; and 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 85 
(b) whether the number of hours worked by him was PART IV 
excessive." 
PART V 
ARBITRATION 
99. For section 11 of the Arbitration Act 1950 (reference to official Arbitration by 
referee) there shall be substituted— official referee. 
1950 c. 27. 
"Power of 1l.—(1) An official referee may, if in all the 
official referee to circumstances he thinks fit, accept appointment as sole take arbitrations. arbitrator, or as umpire, by or by virtue of an arbitration 
agreement. 
(2) An official referee shall not accept appointment as 
arbitrator or umpire unless the Lord Chief Justice has 
informed him that, having regard to the state of official 
referees' business, he can be made available to do so. 
(3) The fees payable for the services of an official 
referee as arbitrator or umpire shall be taken in the High 
Court. 
(4) Schedule 3 to the Administration of Justice Act 1970 c. 31. 
1970 (which modifies this Act in relation to arbitration by 
judges, in particular by substituting the Court of Appeal 
for the High Court in provisions whereby arbitrators and 
umpires, their proceedings and awards are subject to 
control and review by the court) shall have effect in 
relation to official referees appointed as arbitrators or 
umpires as it has effect in relation to judge-arbitrators and 
judge-umpires (within the meaning of that Schedule). 
(5) Any jurisdiction which is exercisable by the High 
Court in relation to arbitrators and umpires otherwise 
than under this Act shall, in relation to an official referee 
appointed as arbitrator or umpire, be exercisable instead 
by the Court of Appeal. 
(6) In this section "official referee" means any person 
nominated under section 68(1)(a) of the Supreme Court 1981 c. 54. 
Act 1981 to deal with official referees' business. 
(7) Rules of the Supreme Court may make provision 
for— 
(a) cases in which it is necessary to allocate references 
made under or by virtue of arbitration 
agreements to official referees; 
(b) the transfer of references from one official referee 
to another." 
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PART V 
Specific powers of 100. After section 43 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 there shall be 
arbitrator inserted the following section— 
exercisable by 
High Court. "Specific powers 43A. In any cause or matter proceeding in the High 
1981 c. 54. of arbitrator Court in connection with any contract incorporating an exercisable by arbitration agreement which confers specific powers upon 
ig ourt. the arbitrator, the High Court may, if all parties to the 
agreement agree, exercise any such powers." 
Power of parties 10I.—(l) In section 10 of the Arbitration Act 1950 (power of court in 
in certain cases to certain cases to appoint an arbitrator or umpire), the following shall be 
fill vacancy, substituted for subsection (3)— 
1950 c. 27. 
"(3) In any case where— 
(a) an arbitration agreement provides that the 
reference shall be to three arbitrators, one to be 
appointed by each party and the third to be 
appointed by the two appointed by the parties 
or in some other manner specified in the 
agreement; and 
(b) one of the parties ("the party in default") refuses 
to appoint an arbitrator or does not do so within 
the time specified in the agreement or, if no time 
is specified, within a reasonable time, 
the other party to the agreement, having appointed his 
arbitrator, may serve the party in default with a written 
notice to appoint an arbitrator. 
(3A) A notice under subsection (3) must indicate 
whether it is served for the purposes of subsection (3B) or 
for the purposes of subsection (3 C). 
(3B) Where a notice is served for the purposes of this 
subsection, then unless a contrary intention is expressed 
in the agreement, if the required appointment is not made 
within seven clear days after the service of the notice— 
(a) the party who gave the notice may appoint his 
arbitrator to act as sole arbitrator in the 
reference; and 
(b) his award shall be binding on both parties as if he 
had been appointed by consent. 
(3C) Where a notice is served for the purposes of this 
subsection, then, if the required appointment is not made 
within seven clear days after the service of the notice, the 
High Court or a judge thereof may, on the application of 
the party who gave the notice, appoint an arbitrator on 
behalf of the party in default who shall have the like 
powers to act in the reference and make an award (and, if 
the case so requires, the like duty in relation to the 
appointment of a third arbitrator) as if he had been 
appointed in accordance with the terms of the agreement. 
(3D) The High Court or a judge thereof may set aside 
any appointment made by virtue of subsection (3B)." 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 87 
(2) Section 10 of the Act of 1950 shall continue to apply in relation to PART V 
any arbitration agreement entered into before the commencement of this 
section as if this section had not been enacted. 
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if a contrary intention is expressed in 
the arbitration agreement, whether or not as the result of a variation made 
after the commencement of this section. 
102. After section 13 of the Arbitration Act 1950 (time for making an Want of 
award) there shall be inserted— prosecution. 
1950 c.27 Want of 13A.—.-(l) Unless a contrary intention is expressed in 
prosecution, the arbitration agreement, the arbitrator or umpire shall 
have power to make an award dismissing any claim in a 
dispute referred to him if it appears to him that the 
conditions mentioned in subsection (2) are satisfied. 
(2) The conditions are— 
(a) that there has been inordinate and inexcusable 
delay on the part of the claimant in pursuing the 
claim; and 
(b) that the delay— 
(i) will give rise to a substantial risk that it 
is not possible to have a fair resolution of the 
issues in that claim; or 
(ii) has caused, or is likely to cause or to 
have caused, serious prejudice to the 
respondent. 
(3) For the purpose of keeping the provision made by 
this section and the corresponding provision which 
applies in relation to proceedings in the High Court in 
step, the Secretary of State may by order made by 
statutory instrument amend subsection (2) above. 
(4) Before making any such order the Secretary of State 
shall consult the Lord Chancellor and such other persons 
as he considers appropriate. 
(5) No such order shall be made unless a draft of the 
order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, 
each House of Parliament." 
103. Section 1 2(6)(b) of the Arbitration Act 1950 (power of High Court Repeal of High 
to order discovery of documents and interrogatories) shall cease to have Court's power to 
effect. order discovery 
etc. 
PART VI 
MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL 
Tying-in 
104.—(1) In this section and sections 105 and 106 "residential property Tying-in 
loan" means any loan which— arrangements in 
connection with (a) is secured on land in the United Kingdom; and residential 
property loans. 
88 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART VI (b) is made to an individual in respect of the acquisition of land 
which is for his residential use or the residential use of a 
dependant of his. 
(2) No person ("the lender") shall provide a residential property loan 
together with one or more controlled services to another person ("the 
borrower") unless the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) are 
complied with before a relevant step is taken with respect to any of those 
services or the loan. 
(3) The conditions are that the lender— 
(a) informs the borrower by notice that the residential property 
loan, and each of the controlled services in question, are 
separate services; 
(b) informs the borrower by notice whether the terms and 
conditions of the residential property loan will be capable of 
being varied by the lender after it is made; 
(c) provides the borrower with a statement of— 
(i) the price which will be payable by the borrower for each 
of the controlled services if they are all provided in 
accordance with the terms proposed by the lender; and 
(ii) the extent to which (if at all) the terms and conditions 
of the residential property loan would differ if it were to be 
provided by the lender, without the controlled services in 
question being provided by the lender; and 
(d) informs the borrower by notice that, if the borrower declines to 
take from the lender any of the controlled services in question, 
the lender will not on that account refuse to provide the 
residential property loan. 
(4) A person who— 
(a) in the course of his business provides, or makes arrangements for 
the provision of, controlled services together with residential 
property loans; and 
(b) advertises or in any other manner promotes— 
(i) the provision of any controlled service or any 
residential property loan; or 
(ii) the making by him of any such arrangements, 
shall comply with such requirements as to the information to be given, or 
which may not be given, in any such advertisement or promotion as the 
Secretary of State may by regulations impose. 
Tying-in 105.—(l) In section 104, this section and section 106 "controlled 
arrangements: services" means any services of a description prescribed by order made by 
supplemental the Secretary of State. 
provisions. 
(2) The order may, in particular, prescribe any description of— 
(a) banking, insurance, investment, trusteeship, executorship or 
other financial services; 
(b) services relating to the acquisition, valuation, surveying or 
disposal of property; 
(c) conveyancing services; or 
(d) removal services. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 89 
(3) For the purposes of section 104(1), the Secretary of State may by PART VI 
order specify— 
(a) the circumstances in which land is to be treated as being for a 
person's residential use; and 
(b) who are to be treated as a person's dependants. 
(4) Section 104(2) shall not apply in relation to the provision of a 
controlled service if the lender proves— 
(a) that the provision of that service was not connected with the 
transaction in respect of which the borrower required the 
residential property loan in question; or 
(b) where it was so connected, that the lender did not know, and had 
no reasonable cause to know, that it was. 
(5) For the purposes of section 104, this section and section 106— 
(a) where the lender is a member of a group of companies, the lender 
and all the other members of the group shall be treated as one; 
and 
(b) where the lender derives any financial benefit from the provision 
of a controlled service by any other person, the lender shall be 
treated as providing that service. 
(6) In subsection (5), "a group of companies" means a holding 
company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of section 736 of the 
Companies Act 1985. 1985 c. 6. 
(7) The Secretary of State may by order provide that, in such cases or 
for such purposes as may be prescribed by the order, paragraph (a) or (b) 
of subsection (5) shall not have effect. 
(8) For the purposes of section 104— 
"notice" means a notice in writing given in the form prescribed by 
regulations made by the Secretary of State; 
"price" shall have the meaning given by order made by the Secretary 
of State; 
"relevant step", in relation to any controlled service or residential 
property loan, means such step as may be prescribed by order 
made by the Secretary of State in relation to that service or loan 
(taken by such person as may be so prescribed); and 
"statement" means a statement in writing given in the form 
prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State. 
(9) In relation to land in Scotland— 
(a) "conveyancing services" has the same meaning as in the Law 1990 c. 40. 
Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990; and 
(b) the reference in section 104(1) to a loan being secured on land 
shall be read as a reference to its being secured over land by a 
standard security. 
(10) Before making any order or regulations under section 104 or this 
section the Secretary of State shall consult the Director and such other 
persons as he considers appropriate. 
106.—( 1) If any person contravenes section 104(2) or (4) he shall be Tying-in: 
guilty of an offence. offences. 
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PART VI (2) Subsection (3) applies where— 
(a) a person ("the lender") has, in relation to the proposed provision 
to any person ("the borrower") of a residential property loan 
together with one or more controlled services, complied with the 
conditions mentioned in section 104(3); and 
(b) the borrower has declined to take from the lender one or more of 
the controlled services. 
(3) The lender shall be guilty of an offence if he refuses to provide the 
borrower with the residential property loan or refuses to provide it to 
him— 
(a) on the terms applicable if it were provided together with the 
controlled services; or 
(b) where they differ, on terms which are compatible with the 
statement required by section 1 04(3)(c)(ii), 
unless he proves that his reason for so refusing was unconnected with the 
borrower's having declined as mentioned in subsection (2)(b). 
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable— 
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory 
maximum; and 
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine. 
(5) Subsection (6) applies where an offence under this section is 
committed by a body corporate. 
(6) If the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or 
connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of— 
(a) any director, secretary or other similar officer of the body 
corporate; or 
(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, 
he (as well as the body corporate) shall be guilty of the offence and shall 
be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. 
(7) The fact that a person has committed an offence under this section 
in connection with any agreement shall not make the agreement void, or unenforceable (whether as a whole or in part) or otherwise affect its validity or give rise to any cause of action for breach of statutory duty. 
Tying-in: 107.—(1) Every local weights and measures authority ("an authority") 
enforcemcnt. and the Director shall have the duty of enforcing sections 104 to 106 and 
any regulations made under them. 
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) is to be taken as authorising a local 
weights and measures authority in Scotland to institute proceedings for 
an offence. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 91 
(3) Where an authority propose to institute proceedings for an offence PART VI 
under section 106 they shall give the Director notice of the intended 
proceedings together with a summary of the facts on which the charges 
are to be founded. 
(4) Where an authority are under a duty to give such a notice and 
summary they shall not institute the proceedings until— 
(a) the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which 
they gave the required notice and summary; or 
(b) if earlier, the date on which the Director notifies them of receipt 
of the notice and summary. 
(5) Every authority shall, whenever the Director requires, report to 
him in such form and with such particulars as he requires on the exercise 
of their functions under this section. 
(6) A duly authorised officer of the Director or of an authority ("an 
authorised officer") who has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence 
may have been committed under section 106 may, at any reasonable 
time— 
(a) enter any premises which are not used solely as a dwelling; 
(b) require any officer, agent or other competent person on the 
premises who is, or may be, in possession of information 
relevant to an investigation in connection with the provision 
made by section 104 or 105 to provide such information; 
(c) require the production of any document which may be relevant 
to such an investigation; 
(d) take copies, or extracts, of any such documents; 
(e) seize and retain any document which he has reason to believe 
may be required as evidence in proceedings for an offence under 
section 106. 
(7) Any authorised officer exercising any power given by subsection (6) 
shall, if asked to do so, produce evidence that he is such an officer. 
(8) A justice of the peace may issue a warrant under this section if 
satisfied, on information on oath given by an authorised officer, that there 
is reasonable cause to believe that an offence may have been committed 
under section 106 and that— 
(a) entry to the premises concerned, or production of any 
documents which may be relevant to an investigation in 
connection with the provision made by section 104 or 105, has 
been or is likely to be refused to the authorised officer; or 
(b) there is reasonable cause to believe that, if production of any 
such document were to be required by the authorised officer 
without a warrant having been issued under this section, the 
document would not be produced but would be removed from 
the premises or hidden, tampered with or destroyed. 
(9) In the application of this section to Scotland, "justice of the peace" 
includes a sheriff and "information on oath" shall be read as "evidence 
on oath". 
(10) A warrant issued under this section shall authorise the authorised 
officer (accompanied, where he considers it appropriate, by a constable or 
any other person)— 
D 
92 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART VI (a) to enter the premises specified in the information, using such 
force as is reasonably necessary; and 
(b) to exercise any of the powers given to the authorised officer by 
subsection (6). 
(11) Ifaperson— 
(a) intentionally obstructs an authorised officer in the exercise of any 
power under this section; 
(b) intentionally fails to comply with any requirement properly 
imposed on him by an authorised officer in the exercise of any 
such power; 
(c) fails, without reasonable excuse, to give to an authorised officer 
any assistance or information which he may reasonably require 
of him for the purpose of exercising any such power; or 
(d) in giving to an authorised officer any information which he has 
been required to give to an authorised officer exercising any such 
power, makes any statement which he knows to be false or 
misleading in a material particular, 
he shall be guilty of an offence. 
(12) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1 1)(a), (b) or (c) 
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on 
the standard scale. 
(13) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1 l)(d) shall be 
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the 
standard scale. 
(14) Nothing in this section shall be taken to require any person to 
answer any question put to him by an authorised officer, or to give any 
information to an authorised officer, if to do so might incriminate him. 
(15) In this section "document" includes information recorded in any 
form. 
(16) In relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible 
form, references in this section to its production include references to 
producing a copy of the information in legible form. 
Miscellaneous 
Liability of 108.—(1) The Justices of the Peace Act 1979 shall be amended as 
magistrates for follows. 
damages and 
costs. (2) For section 44 (acts done within jurisdiction) there shall be 
1979 C. substituted the following section— 
"Immunity for 44. No action shall lie against any justice of the peace 
acts within or justice's clerk in respect of any act or omission of his— jurisdiction. 
(a) in the execution of his duty— 
(i) as such a justice; or 
(ii) as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of 
any statutory provision, any of the functions 
of a single justice; and 
(b) with respect to any matter within his 
jurisdiction." 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 93 
(3) For section 45 (acts beyond jurisdiction) there shall be substituted PART VI 
the following section— 
'Immunity for 45. An action shall lie against any justice of the peace or 
certain acts justice's clerk in respect of any act or omission of his— beyond 
jrurisdiction. (a) in the purported execution of his duty— 
(i) as such a justice; or 
(ii) as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of 
any statutory provision, any of the functions 
of a single justice; but 
(b) with respect to a matter which is not within his 
jurisdiction, 
if, but only if, it is proved that he acted in bad faith." 
(4) In section 15 (acting stipendiary magistrate) after subsection (2) 
there shall be inserted the following subsection— 
"(2A) Sections 44, 45 and 53 of this Act shall apply to a person 
acting as a stipendiary magistrate under subsection (1) as they apply 
to a stipendiary magistrate." 
(5) In section 34 (acting metropolitan stipendiary magistrate) after 
subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection— 
"(2A) Sections 44, 45 and 53 of this Act shall apply to a person 
acting as a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate under subsection (1) 
as they apply to a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate." 
(6) The following sections shall cease to have effect— 
(a) 46 (warrant granted on conviction or order made by another 
justice); 
(b) 47 (exercise of discretionary powers); 
(c) 48 (compliance with, or confirmation on appeal to, superior 
court); 
(d) 49 (distress warrant for rates); 
(e) 51 (no action in county court if defendant justice objects); 
(f) 52 (limitation of damages against justice); and 
(g) 54 (provisions as to prerogative proceedings and membership of 
Crown Court). 
109—( 1) The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall Liability of 
be amended as follows, resident 
magistrates etc. in 
(2) For Articles 5 and 6 (general immunity of resident magistrates etc.) Northern Ireland 
there shall be substituted the following Articles— for damages and 
costs. 
"Immunity of 5. No action shall lie against any resident magistrate, S.I. 1981/1675 
resident justice of the peace or clerk of petty sessions in respect of (N.J. 26). 
magistrates etc. any act or omission of his— for acts within 
jurisdiction. (a) in the execution of his duty— 
(i) as such a magistrate or justice; or 
(ii) as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of 
any statutory provision, any function of a 
magistrates' court; and 
94 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART VI (b) with respect to any matter within his jurisdiction. 
Immunity for 6. An action shall lie against any resident magistrate, 
certain acts justice of the peace or clerk of petty sessions in respect of 
any act or omission of his— jurisdiction. 
(a) in the purported exercise of his duty— 
(i) as such a magistrate or justice; or 
(ii) as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of 
any statutory provision, any function of a 
magistrates' court; but 
(b) with respect to a matter which is not within his 
jurisdiction, 
if, but only if, it is proved that he acted in bad faith." 
(3) After Article 145 there shall be inserted the following Article— 
"Immunity of 145A. Articles 5, 6 and 10 shall apply in relation to a 
county court county court judge sitting in connection with an appeal judges hearing under this Part as they apply in relation to a resident appeals under 
this Part. magistrate. 
1968 c. 34 (N.J.). (4) In Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern 
Ireland) 1968 (constitution of juvenile courts) after paragraph 2 there 
shall be inserted the following paragraph— 
"2A. Articles 5, 6 and 10 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern 
Ireland) Order 1981 shall apply in relation to a member of a panel 
formed under paragraph I as they apply in relation to a resident 
magistrate." 
1985 c. 61. (5) Section 63 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (limitation of 
damages in respect of acts by resident magistrates etc. in Northern 
Ireland) shall cease to have effect. 
S.!. 1981/1675 (6) The following provisions of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern 
(N.J.26). Ireland) Order 1981 shall cease to have effect and are hereby repealed— 
(a) in Article 7, the words from "another" to "or by", and the words 
"magistrate, justice or"; and 
(b) in Article 8, paragraph (1), and in paragraph (2) the words 
"resident magistrate or justice of the peace or" and the words 
"magistrate, justice or". 
Jurisdiction of the 11O.—(l) In section 5 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 
Parliamentary (matters subject to investigation), the following subsection shall be added 
Commissioner for at the end— Administration. 
1967c. 13. 
"(6) For the purposes of this section, administrative functions 
exercisable by any person appointed by the Lord Chancellor as a 
member of the administrative staff of any court or tribunal shall be 
taken to be administrative functions of the Lord Chancellor's 
Department or, in Northern Ireland, of the Northern Ireland Court 
Service." 
(2) In Schedule 3 to that Act (matters not subject to investigation), the 
following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 6— 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 95 
"6A. Action taken by any person appointed by the Lord PART VI 
Chancellor as a member of the administrative staff of any court or 
tribunal, so far as that action is taken at the direction, or on the 
authority (whether express or implied), of any person acting in a 
judicial capacity or in his capacity as a member of the tribunal." 
111. The following section shall be inserted after section 19 of the Costs against legal 
Prosecution of Offences Act 1985— representatives etc. 
in criminal 
"Costs against 19A.—(1) In any criminal proceedings— proceedings. 
legal 1985 C. 23. 
representatives (a) the Court of Appeal; 
etc. (b) the Crown Court; or 
(c) a magistrates' court, 
may disallow, or (as the case may be) order the legal or 
other representative concerned to meet, the whole of any 
wasted costs or such part of them as may be determined in 
accordance with regulations. 
(2) Regulations shall provide that a legal or other 
representative against whom action is taken by a 
magistrates' court under subsection (1) may appeal to the 
Crown Court and that a legal or other representative 
against whom action is taken by the Crown Court under 
subsection (1) may appeal to the Court of Appeal. 
(3) In this section— 
"legal or other representative", in relation to any 
proceedings, means a person who is exercising a right of 
audience, or a right to conduct litigation, on behalf of any 
party to the proceedings; 
"regulations" means regulations made by the Lord 
Chancellor; and 
"wasted costs" means any costs incurred by a party— 
(a) as a result of any improper, unreasonable or 
negligent act or omission on the part of any 
representative or any employee of a 
representative; or 
(b) which, in the light of any such act or omission 
occurring after they were incurred, the court 
considers it is unreasonable to expect that party 
to pay." 
112. The following section shall be inserted in the Magistrates' Courts Costs against legal 
Act 1980 after section 145 (which contains supplementary provisions representatives in 
about rules of court)— magistrates 
courts. 
"Rules: costs 145A.—(l) In any civil proceedings, a magistrates' 1980 c. 43. 
order against court may disallow or (as the case may be) order the legal 
legal 
. or other representative concerned to meet the whole of representative. any wasted costs or such part of them as may be 
determined in accordance with rules. 
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PART VI (2) In subsection (1), "wasted costs" means any costs 
incurred by a party— 
(a) as a result of any improper, unreasonable or 
negligent act or omission on the part of any legal 
or other representative or any employee of such 
a representative; or 
(b) which, in the light of any such act or omission 
occurring after they were incurred, the court 
considers it is unreasonable to expect that party 
to pay. 
(3) In this section "legal or other representative", in 
relation to any proceedings, means any person who is 
exercising a right of audience, or a right to conduct 
litigation, on behalf of any party to the proceedings. 
(4) Rules made by virtue of this section may, in 
particular, make provision as to the destination of any 
payment required to be made under the rules (including 
provision for the reimbursement of sums paid by the 
Legal Aid Board). 
(5) Rules made by virtue of this section— 
(a) shall require a magistrates' court which proposes 
to act under the rules against a legal or other 
representative to allow him a reasonable 
opportunity to appear before it and show cause 
why it should not do so; 
(b) shall provide that action may be taken under the 
rules either on the application of any party to 
the proceedings or on the motion of the court; 
(c) shall provide that no such action shall be taken 
after the end of the period of six months 
beginning with the date on which the 
proceedings are disposed of by the court; and 
(d) shall provide that a legal or other representative 
against whom action is taken under the rules 
may appeal to the Crown Court." 
Administration of 1 13.—( 1) In this section— 
oaths and taking 
of affidavits. "authorised person ' means— 
(a) any authorised advocate or authorised litigator, other 
than one who is a solicitor (in relation to whom provision 
similar to that made by this section is made by section 81 of 
1974 c. 47. the Solicitors Act 1974); or 
(b) any person who is a member of a professional or other 
body prescribed by the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of 
this section; and 
"general notary" means any public notary other than— 
(a) an ecclesiastical notary; or 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 97 
(b) one who is a member of the Incorporated Company of PART VI 
Scriveners (in relation to whom provision similar to that 
made by this section is made by section 65 of the 
Administration of Justice Act 1985). 1985 c. 61. 
(2) Section 1(1) of the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889 1889 c. 10. 
(appointment of commissioners by Lord Chancellor) shall cease to have 
effect. 
(3) Subject to the provisions of this section, every authorised person 
shall have the powers conferred on a commissioner for oaths by the 
Commissioners for Oaths Acts 1889 and 1891 and section 24 of the Stamp 
Duties Management Act 1891; and any reference to such a commissioner 1891 38. 
in an enactment or instrument (including an enactment passed or 
instrument made after the commencement of this Act) shall include a 
reference to an authorised person unless the context otherwise requires. 
(4) Subject to the provisions of this section, every general notary shall 
have the powers conferred on a commissioner for oaths by the 
Commissioners for Oaths Acts 1889 and 1891; and any reference to such 
a commissioner in an enactment or instrument (including an enactment 
passed or instrument made after the commencement of this Act) shall 
include a reference to a general notary unless the context otherwise 
requires. 
(5) No person shall exercise the powers conferred by this section in any 
proceedings in which he is interested. 
(6) A person exercising such powers and before whom any oath or 
affidavit is taken or made shall state in the jurat or attestation at which 
place and on what date the oath or affidavit is taken or made. 
(7) A document containing such a statement and purporting to be 
sealed or signed by an authorised person or general notary shall be 
admitted in evidence without proof of the seal or signature, and without 
proof that he is an authorised person or general notary. 
(8) The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief 
Justice and the Master of the Rolls, by order prescribe the fees to be 
charged by authorised persons exercising the powers of commissioners 
for oaths by virtue of this section in respect of the administration of an 
oath or the taking of an affidavit. 
(9) In this section "affidavit" has the same meaning as in the 
Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889. 
(10) Every— 
(a) solicitor who holds a practising certificate which is in force; 
(b) authorised person; 
(c) general notary; and 
(d) member of the Incorporated Company of Scriveners ("the 
Company") who has been admitted to practise as a public 
notary within the jurisdiction of the Company, 
shall have the right to use the title "Commissioner for Oaths". 
98 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
PART VI 114. The following section shall be inserted in the Prosecution of 
Bail applications. Offences Act 1985, after section 7— 
1985 c. 23. 
"Bail 7A.—(1) The Director may designate, for the purposes 
applications, of this section, members of the staff of the Crown 
Prosecution Service who are not Crown Prosecutors. 
(2) A person so designated shall have all the powers of 
a Crown Prosecutor in relation to any application for, or 
relating to, bail in criminal proceedings, but shall exercise 
those powers subject to instructions given to him by the 
Director. 
(3) Any such instructions may be given so as to apply 
generally. 
(4) In this section "bail in criminal proceedings" has 
1976 c. 63. the same meaning as it has in the Bail Act 1976 by virtue 
of the definition in section 1 of that Act." 
Law reports. 115. A report of a case made by a person who is not a barrister but who 
is a solicitor or has a Supreme Court qualification (within the meaning of 
section 71) shall have the same authority as if it had been made by a 
barrister. 
Provision with 116.—(l) The provisions of Part I of Schedule 16 shall have effect for 
respect to the the purpose of making amendments to the Children Act 1989 or to 
Children Act provisions of other enactments amended by that Act. 
1989. 
1989 C. 41. (2) Part II of Schedule 16 shall have effect for the purpose of making 
further provision consequential on the Act of 1989. 
(3) The general rule making power of any authority having power to 
make rules of court for Northern Ireland shall include power to make any 
provision which may be made under section 93 of the Act of 1989 (rules 
of court) subject to the modifications that in subsection (2)— 
(a) paragraphs (e) and (i) shall be omitted; and 
(b) in paragraphs (f) and (g) the references to England and Wales 
shall be read as references to Northern Ireland. 
Extension of 117. In section 28 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (general powers 
powers of justices' and duties of justices' clerks) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted 
clerks, the following subsection— 
1979 c. 55. 
"(1A) Such rules may also make provision enabling things 
authorised to be done by, to or before a justices' clerk (whether by 
virtue of subsection (1) above or otherwise) to be done instead by, to 
or before— 
(a) a person appointed by a magistrates' courts committee to 
assist him; 
(b) where he is a part-time justices' clerk, any member of his 
staff who has been appointed by the magistrates' courts 
committee to assist him in his duties as such; 
(c) any officer appointed by the committee of magistrates to be 
his deputy or to assist him". 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 99 
1 18.—( 1) The Judicial Pensions Act 1981 shall have effect subject to the PART VI 
following amendments (which reflect the transfer of functions from the Functions of 
Minister of the Civil Service to the Treasury effected by the Transfer of Treasury. 
Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981). 1981 C. 20. 
SI. 1981/1670. 
(2) In section 10(1), and paragraph 23(2) of Schedule 1, for the words 
"the Minister for the Civil Service" there shall be substituted "the 
Treasury". 
(3) In section 29, for the words "the Minister for the Civil Service or 
any other Minister" there shall be substituted "the Treasury or any 
Minister of the Crown". 
(4) In the following provisions— 
(a) sections 3(4), 5(6), 7(5), 8(1), 11(a) and (b), 12(5), 13(4)(b), 15, 
18(2), 20(4), 21(5), 22(1), 23(4), 25(1)(a) and 32(2); 
(b) paragraphs 4(1)(b)(ii), 8, 10(2), 14(2), 15(2),(5) and (7), 17, 20(1) 
and (2) and 22 of Schedule 1; and 
(c) paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2, 
for the words "the Minister", wherever they occur, there shall be 
substituted "the Treasury". 
(5) In section 2 1(4), for the words "the Minister may, if he" there shall 
be substituted "the Treasury may, if it". 
(6) In section 22(4)— 
(a) for the word "Minister", where it first occurs, there shall be 
substituted "Treasury"; and 
(b) for the words from "if the Minister" to "he thinks fit" there shall 
be substituted "if the Treasury does specially so direct, it may, if 
it thinks fit". 
(7) In Schedule 1— 
(a) in paragraph 8(2), for the words "to him" there shall be 
substituted "to it"; 
(b) in paragraph 15(7), for the words "he is satisfied" there shall be 
substituted "it is satisfied"; 
(c) in paragraph 17(1), for the words "he shall" there shall be 
substituted "it shall"; and 
(d) in paragraph 21, for the word "Minister", where it first occurs, 
there shall be substituted "Treasury" and for the words "he 
thinks" there shall be substituted "it thinks". 
(8) In section 33, the definition of "the Minister" shall be omitted. 
Supplemental 
119.—(1) In this Act— Interpretation. 
"administration", in relation to letters of administration, has the 
same meaning as in section 128 of the Supreme Court Act 1981; 1981 c. 54. 
"advocacy services" means any services which it would be 
reasonable to expect a person who is exercising, or 
contemplating exercising, a right of audience in relation to any 
proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide; 
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PART VI "authorised advocate" means any person (including a barrister or 
solicitor) who has a right of audience granted by an authorised 
body in accordance with the provisions of this Act; 
"authorised body" and "appropriate authorised body"— 
(a) in relation to any right of audience or proposed right of 
audience, have the meanings given in section 27; and 
(b) in relation to any right to conduct litigation or 
proposed right to conduct litigation, have the meanings given 
in section 28; 
"authorised litigator" means any person (including a solicitor) who 
has a right to conduct litigation granted by an authorised body 
in accordance with the provisions of this Act; 
"authorised practitioner" has the same meaning as in section 37; 
"conveyancing services" means the preparation of transfers, 
conveyances, contracts and other documents in connection 
with, and other services ancillary to, the disposition or 
acquisition of estates or interests in land; 
"court" includes— 
(a) any tribunal which the Council on Tribunals is under a 
duty to keep under review; 
(b) any court-martial; and 
(c) a statutory inquiry within the meaning of section 19(1) 
1971 c. 62. of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971; 
"designated judge" means the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the 
Rolls, the President of the Family Division or the Vice- 
Chancellor; 
"the Director" means the Director General of Fair Trading; 
"duly certificated notary public" has the same meaning as it has in 
1974 47. the Solicitors Act 1974 by virtue of section 87(1) of that Act; 
"the general principle" has the meaning given in section 17(4); 
"licensed conveyancer" has the same meaning as it has in the 
1985 c. 61. Administration of Justice Act 1985 by virtue of section 11 of 
that Act; 
"litigation services" means any services which it would be reasonable 
to expect a person who is exercising, or contemplating 
exercising, a right to conduct litigation in relation to any 
proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide; 
"member", in relation to any professional or other body (other than 
any body established by this Act), includes any person who is 
not a member of that body but who may be subject to 
disciplinary sanctions for failure to comply with any of that 
body's rules; 
"multi-national partnership" has the meaning given by section 89(9); 
"probate services" means the drawing or preparation of any papers 
on which to found or oppose a grant of probate or a grant of 
letters of administration and the administration of the estate of 
a deceased person; 
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations under this Act; 
"proceedings" means proceedings in any court; 
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"qualification regulations" and "rules of conduct"— PART VI 
(a) in relation to any right of audience or proposed right of 
audience, have the meanings given in section 27; and 
(b) in relation to any right to conduct litigation or 
proposed right to conduct litigation, have the meanings given 
in section 28; 
"qualified person" has the meaning given in section 36(6); 
"registered foreign lawyer" has the meaning given by section 89(9); 
"right of audience" means the right to exercise any of the functions 
of appearing before and addressing a court including the calling 
and examining of witnesses; 
"right to conduct litigation" means the right— 
(a) to exercise all or any of the functions of issuing a writ 
or otherwise commencing proceedings before any court; and 
(b) to perform any ancillary functions in relation to 
proceedings (such as entering appearances to actions); 
"solicitor" means solicitor of the Supreme Court; and 
"the statutory objective" has the meaning given in section 17(2). 
(2) For the purposes of the definition of "conveyancing services" in 
subsection (1)— 
"disposition"— 
(i) does not include a testamentary disposition or any 
disposition in the case of such a lease as is referred to in 
section 54(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (short leases); 1925 c. 20. 
but 
(ii) subject to that, includes in the case of leases both their 
grant and their assignment; and 
"acquisition" has a corresponding meaning. 
(3) In this Act any reference (including those in sections 27(9) and 
28(5)) to rules of conduct includes a reference to rules of practice. 
120.—(1) Any power to make orders or regulations conferred by this Regulations and 
Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, orders. 
(2) Any such regulations or order may make different provision for 
different cases or classes of case. 
(3) Any such regulations or order may contain such incidental, 
supplemental or transitional provisions or savings as the person making 
the regulations or order considers expedient. 
(4) No instrument shall be made under section 1(1), 26(1), 37(10), 
40(1), 58, 60, 89(5) or (7), 125(4) or paragraph 4 or 6 of Schedule 9 or 
paragraph 9(c) of Schedule 14 unless a draft of the instrument has been 
approved by both Houses of Parliament. 
(5) An Order in Council shall not be made in pursuance of a 
recommendation made under section 29(2) or 30(1) unless a draft of the 
Order has been approved by both Houses of Parliament. 
(6) Any other statutory instrument made under this Act other than one 
under section 124(3) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a 
resolution of either House of Parliament. 
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PART VI 121. Any expenses incurred by the Lord Chancellor under this Act shall 
Financial be payable out of money provided by Parliament. 
provisions. 
Power to make 122. An Order in Council made under paragraph 1(l)(b) of Schedule 1 
corresponding to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 which contains a statement— 
Northern Ireland. (a) that it amends the law in Northern Ireland with respect to 
1974 C. 28. (i) the pensions of county court judges and resident 
magistrates, and 
1951 c. 20. (NI.). (ii) pensions in relation to which provisions of the Judicial 
Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 apply; and 
(b) that it is made only for purposes corresponding to those of— 
(i) sections 79 to 83 and Schedules 12 and 13 and such 
other provisions of this Act as are consequential on those 
sections and those Schedules; 
(ii) section 118, 
shall not be subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) of paragraph 1 of that 
Schedule (affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament) but shall 
be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of 
Parliament. 
Extent. 123.—(1) The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland— 
(a) section 65; 
(b) section 71(2), so far as necessary; 
(c) sections 79 to 83; 
(d) sections 104 to 107; 
(e) section 116, this section and sections 124 and 125, so far as 
necessary; 
(f) paragraph 13 of Schedule 1; 
(g) paragraph 8 of Schedule 3; 
(h) paragraph 11 of Schedule 5; 
(i) Schedule 10, so far as it amends any enactment extending to 
Scotland; 
(j) paragraphs 5, 34 to 36, 39,41 and 42 of Schedule 16; 
(k) paragraph 1 of Schedule 17; and 
(1) Schedule 20, so far as it repeals any enactment extending to 
Scotland. 
(2) The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland— 
(a) section 8; 
(b) section 7 1(2), so far as necessary; 
(c) sections 79(l) and 80 to 84; 
(d) sections 109,110,116,118,121, l22,thissectionandsections 124 
and 125 so far as necessary; 
(e) paragraph 13 of Schedule 1; 
(0 paragraph 8 of Schedule 3; 
(g) paragraph 11 of Schedule 5; 
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(h) Schedule 10, so far as it amends any enactment extending to PART VI 
Northern Ireland; 
(i) Schedule 13; 
(j) paragraphs 5, 25, 33, 35, 39 and 41 of Schedule 16; 
(k) Schedules 17, 18 and 19, so far as they amend or relate to any 
enactment extending to Northern Ireland; 
(1) Schedule 20 so far as it repeals any such enactment. 
124.—(l) The following provisions come into force on the passing of Commencement. 
this Act— 
(a) sections 1, 5, 119 to 123, this section and section 125(1); and 
(b) paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 17. 
(2) The following provisions come into force at the end of the period 
of two months beginning on the day on which this Act is passed— 
(a) sections 6, 8, 11, 16, 64, 65, 72, 73, 85, 87 and 88, 90 to 92, 94 to 
97,98 and 108 to 110; 
(b) paragraphs 1, 11, 12, 16 and 20 of Schedule 17; 
(c) paragraphs 7, 8, 14 to 16, 55 and 57 of Schedule 18; and 
(d) paragraph 1 of Schedule 19. 
(3) The other provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date 
as may be appointed by order made by the Lord Chancellor or by the 
Secretary of State or by both, acting jointly. 
(4) Different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this 
Act and for different purposes. 
125.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Courts and Legal Services Act Short title, minor 
1990. and consequential 
amendments, 
(2) The minor amendments set out in Schedule 17 shall have effect. transitionals and 
(3) The consequential amendments set out in Schedule 18 shall have repeals. 
effect. 
(4) The Lord Chancellor may by order make such amendments or 
repeals in relevant enactments as appear to him to be necessary or 
expedient in consequence of any provision made by Part II with respect 
to advocacy, litigation, conveyancing or probate services. 
(5) In subsection (4) "relevant enactments" means such enactments or 
instruments passed or made before or in the same Session as this Act as 
may be specified in the order. 
(6) The transitional provisions and savings set out in Schedule 19 shall 
have effect. 
(7) The repeals set out in Schedule 20 (which include repeals of certain 
enactments that are spent or of no further practical utility) shall have 
effect. 
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SCHEDULES 
Section 19. SCHEDULE I 
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
Appointment of members 
1 .—( I) Every member of the Advisory Committee— 
(a) shall be appointed for such term, not exceeding five years, as the Lord 
Chancellor may specify; and 
(h) shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his 
appointment. 
(2) Any person who ceases to be a member of the Advisory Committee shall 
be eligible for re-appointment. 
(3) A member of the Advisory Committee may at any time resign his office by 
giving notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor. 
(4) The Lord Chancellor may remove a member of the Advisory Committee 
if satisfied— 
(a) that he has been absent from meetings of the Advisory Committee for a 
period of more than six consecutive months without the permission of 
the Advisory Committee; 
(b) that a bankruptcy order has been made against him or that his estate has 
been sequestrated or that he has made a composition or arrangement 
with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or 
(c) that he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a 
member of the Advisory Committee. 
Proceedings of the Advisory Committee 
2. The Advisory Committee may regulate its own procedure. 
Delegation of powers 
3.—(1) Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment to be done 
by the Advisory Committee may be done— 
(a) by any member of the Advisory Committee, or of its staff, who has been 
authorised for the purpose, whether generally or specifically, by the 
Advisory Committee; or 
(b) by any committee or sub-committee of the Advisory Committee which 
has been so authorised. 
(2) Any committee or sub-committee of the Advisory Committee— 
(a) may include, as non-voting members, persons who are not members of 
the Advisory Committee but who are co-opted by the Advisory 
Committee; 
(b) shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee or by 
another member of the Advisory Committee nominated by him. 
(3) The Chairman of the Advisory Committee shall be a member of any 
committee or sub-committee for which he has nominated another member of the 
Advisory Committee to be its chairman. 
Vacancies and defective appointments 
4. The validity of any proceedings of the Advisory Committee shall not be 
affected by a vacancy amongst the members or by any defect in the appointment 
of a member. 
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Application of seal and proof of instruments ScH. I 
5. The application of the seal of the Advisory Committee shall be 
authenticated by the signature of— 
(a) the Chairman or any other member of the Advisory Committee; and 
(b) a member of the Advisory Committee's staff who has been authorised 
by the Advisory Committee for the purpose, whether generally or 
specifically. 
Documents served etc. by the Advisory Committee 
6.—(1) Any document which the Advisory Committee is authorised or 
required by or under any enactment to serve, make or issue may be signed on 
behalf of the Advisory Committee by any person who has been authorised for 
the purpose, whether generally or specifically, by the Advisory Committee. 
(2) Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on 
behalf of the Advisory Committee and— 
(a) to be duly executed under the seal of the Advisory Committee; or 
(b) to be signed or executed by a person authorised by the Advisory 
Committee for the purpose, 
shall be received in evidence and treated, without further proof, as being so made 
or issued unless the contrary is proved. 
Remuneration and pensions etc. 
7.—(l) The Advisory Committee shall pay— 
(a) to its members; and 
(b) to other persons who are co-opted to serve as members of any of its 
committees or sub-committees, 
such remuneration, and such travelling and other allowances, as may be 
determined by the Lord Chancellor. 
(2) The Advisory Committee shall, if so required by the Lord Chancellor— 
(a) pay such pension, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of a person 
who has been, or is, a member of the Advisory Committee; or 
(b) make such payments towards provision for the payment of a pension, 
allowances or gratuities to or in respect of such a person, 
as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor. 
(3) If, when any member of the Advisory Committee ceases to hold office, the 
Lord Chancellor determines that there are special circumstances which make it 
right that that member should receive compensation, the Advisory Committee 
shall pay to him a sum by way of compensation of such amount as may be so 
determined. 
(4) The approval of the Treasury shall be required for the making of a 
determination under this paragraph. 
Staff 
8.—---(l) The Advisory Committee may, with the approval of the Lord 
Chancellor as to terms and conditions of service, appoint such staff as it may 
determine. 
(2) The Advisory Committee, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, 
may-— 
(a) pay such pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any 
persons who have been or are members of its staff as it may determine; 
106 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. I (b) make such payments as it may so determine towards provision for the 
payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any 
such persons; 
(c) provide and maintain such schemes as it may so determine (whether 
contributory or not) for the payment of pensions, allowances or 
gratuities to or in respect of any such persons; 
(d) make such other arrangements for the provision of pensions, 
allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any such persons as it may 
so determine. 
(3) Any reference in sub-paragraph (2) to pensions, allowances or gratuities 
to or in respect of any such persons as are mentioned in that sub-paragraph 
includes a reference to pensions, allowances or gratuities by way of 
compensation to or in respect of any of the Advisory Committee's staff who 
suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments. 
(4) If any person— 
(a) on ceasing to be a member of the Advisory Committee's staff becomes a 
member of the Advisory Committee; and 
(b) was by reference to his being a member of the Advisory Committee's 
staff a participant in any pension scheme maintained by or on behalf of 
the Advisory Committee for the benefit of any of its staff, 
the Advisory Committee may, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, make 
provision for him to continue to participate in that scheme, on such terms and 
conditions as it may with the consent of the Lord Chancellor determine, as if his 
service as a member were service as a member of the Advisory Committee's staff; 
and any such provision shall be without prejudice to paragraph 7. 
(5) The consent of the Treasury shall be required for the giving of any 
approval under this paragraph. 
Accounts and audit 
9.—(l) The Advisory Committee shall keep accounts and shall prepare a 
statement of accounts (the "statement") in respect of each financial year. 
(2) The accounts shall be kept, and the statement shall be prepared, in such 
form as the Lord Chancellor may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct. 
(3) The accounts shall be audited by persons to be appointed in respect of each 
financial year by the Lord Chancellor in accordance with a scheme of audit 
approved by him. 
(4) The auditors shall be furnished by the Advisory Committee with copies of 
the statement and shall prepare a report to the Lord Chancellor on the accounts 
and statement. 
(5) No person shall be qualified to be appointed as auditor under this 
paragraph unless he is— 
(a) a member of a body of accountants established in the United Kingdom 
and for the time being recognised for the purposes of section 389(l)(a) 
1985 c. 6. of the Companies Act 1985; 
(b) authorised by the Secretary of State under section 389(l)(b) of that Act 
to be appointed an auditor of a company; or 
(c) a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and 
Accountancy. 
(6) A firm may be appointed as auditor under this paragraph if each of its 
members is qualified to be so appointed. 
(7) On completion of the audit of the accounts, the auditors shall send to the 
Lord Chancellor a copy of the statement and of their report. 
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(8) The Lord Chancellor shall send a copy of the statement and of the report ScH. 1 
to the Comptroller and Auditor General. 
(9) The Lord Chancellor and the Comptroller and Auditor General may 
inspect the Advisory Committee's accounts and any records relating to them. 
(10) The Lord Chancellor shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of 
every statement and report sent to him under this paragraph. 
(11) In this paragraph "financial year" means— 
(a) the period beginning with the day on which the Advisory Committee is 
established and ending with the following 31st March; and 
(b) each subsequent period of twelve months ending with 31st March. 
Grants to the Advisory Committee 
10.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may, with the approval of the Treasury, make 
to the Advisory Committee out of money provided by Parliament grants of such 
amounts as he thinks fit. 
(2) The payment by the Lord Chancellor of a grant under this paragraph shall 
be on such terms as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, provide. 
Annual report of Advisory Committee 
11 —(1) The Advisory Committee shall submit to the Lord Chancellor an 
annual report on the discharge of its functions. 
(2) The Lord Chancellor shall lay the Advisory Committee's annual report 
before each House of Parliament. 
Immunity for advice and reports 
12. For the purposes of the law of defamation, the publication of any advice 
or report by the Advisory Committee in the exercise of any of its functions shall 
be absolutely privileged. 
Parliamentary etc. 
13.—(l) In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification 1975 c. 24. 
Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified) the following entry shall 
be inserted at the appropriate place— 
"The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and 
Conduct". 
(2) The same entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place in Part II of 
Schedule I to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975. 1975 c. 25. 
SCHEDULE 2 Section 20. 
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
Education and training: general 
1 .—( 1) The Advisory Committee shall— 
(a) keep under review the education and training of those who offer to 
provide legal services; 
(b) consider the need for continuing education and training for such 
persons and the form it should take; and 
(c) consider the steps which professional and other bodies should take to 
ensure that their members benefit from such continuing education and 
training. 
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SCH. 2 (2) The Advisory Committee shall give such advice as it thinks appropriate 
with a view to ensuring that the education and training of those who offer to 
provide legal services is relevant to the needs of legal practice and to the efficient 
delivery of legal services to the public. 
(3) The Advisory Committee's duties under this paragraph shall extend to all 
stages of legal education and training. 
Training in advocacy 
2. The Advisory Committee shall— 
(a) consider what form of initial academic and practical training is 
necessary to ensure that those who qualify as persons entitled to 
exercise rights of audience are adequately trained under supervision 
(whether by their chambers or firms or otherwise); and 
(b) consider the extent to which further training for persons exercising such 
rights is necessary. 
Training in the conduct of litigation 
3. The Advisory Committee shall— 
(a) consider what form of initial academic and practical training is 
necessary to ensure that those who qualify as persons entitled to 
exercise rights to conduct litigation are adequately trained under 
supervision (whether by their firms or otherwise); and 
(b) consider the extent to which further training for persons exercising such 
rights is necessary. 
Practical training in other areas 
4. The Advisory Committee may consider what form of practical training is 
necessary in other areas concerned with the provision of legal services. 
General advisory functions 
5.—(l) The Advisory Committee may make such recommendations with 
regard to any matters which it is required to keep under review or consider as it 
thinks appropriate. 
(2) Any such recommendation may be made— 
(a) by being included in the Advisory Committee's annual report; 
(b) by being addressed to any professional body or group of professional 
bodies; or 
(c) in such other manner as it thinks fit. 
(3) The Advisory Committee may from time to time give advice to the General 
Council of the Bar, the Law Society and other authorised bodies on all aspects of 
their qualification regulations and rules of conduct, whethcr or not relating to 
advocacy or the conduct of litigation. 
(4) Any body— 
(a) to which a recommendation under this paragraph is addressed; or 
(b) which is given advice by the Advisory Committee under sub-paragraph 
(3), 
shall have regard to it to the extent that it applies in relation to matters connected 
with advocacy or the conduct of litigation. 
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Specialisation schemes SCH. 2 
6.—(l) It shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee— 
(a) to consider whether specialisation schemes should be established by any 
representative body in any particular area of legal services; and 
(b) to keep under review specialisation schemes maintained by 
representative bodies. 
(2) In this paragraph— 
"representative body" means a professional or other body which represents 
persons (whether or not barristers or solicitors) who offer to provide 
legal services; and 
"a specialisation scheme", in relation to any representative body, means a 
scheme for recognising those members of the body who— 
(a) have undergone training relevant to the area of legal services 
to which the scheme relates; 
(b) have acquired expertise in that area; and 
(c) specialise in providing legal services in that area. 
(3) Where the Advisory Committee considers that any specialisation scheme 
should be established it shall make the appropriate recommendation to the 
representative body concerned. 
(4) The Advisory Committee shall give to the representative body concerned 
such advice (if any) as it considers appropriate with respect to any specialisation 
scheme maintained by that body. 
(5) The Advisory Committee shall consider any proposed specialisation 
scheme which is referred to it by the representative body which proposes to 
establish it. 
(6) Where the Advisory Committee has considered any such proposed 
scheme, it shall give such advice (if any) to the representative body concerned as 
it considers appropriate. 
(7) In considering any such proposed scheme, the Advisory Committee shall 
have regard, in particular, to— 
(a) the basis on which, and method by which, members of the representative 
body are chosen to participate in the scheme; 
(b) the education, training and experience which are required in order for 
any person to provide the legal services in question at a satisfactory 
standard; 
(c) whether that body is likely to be able to ensure that those requirements 
will be complied with in relation to members of the scheme; and 
(d) whether that body is likely to be able to maintain and enforce 
satisfactory standards of conduct on the part of those who are members 
of the scheme. 
Persons with special needs 
7. In discharging its functions under this Schedule, the Advisory Committee 
shall have regard to the need for the efficient provision of legal services for 
persons who face special difficulties in making use of those services, including in 
particular special difficulties in expressing themselves or in understanding. 
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SCHEDULE 3 
Section 21. THE LEGAL SERVICES OMBUDSMAN 
Provision for discharge offunctions 
1 .—(1) The Lord Chancellor may give general directions concerning the 
discharge of the functions of the Legal Services Ombudsman. 
(2) Any such directions shall be published by the Lord Chancellor in such 
manner as appears to him to be appropriate. 
(3) Subject to any such direction and to the provisions of this Act, the 
Ombudsman may make such provision as he considers appropriate for the 
discharge of his functions. 
(4) The Ombudsman may, in particular, make provision as to— 
(a) the procedure to be followed in relation to any investigation conducted 
by him or on his behalf; 
(b) the form and conduct of any such investigation; 
(c) the form, content and publication of reports under section 23. 
Delegation offunctions 
2.—(l) The Ombudsman may delegate any of his functions to such members 
of his staff as he thinks fit. 
(2) All recommendations and reports prepared by or on behalf of the 
Ombudsman must be signed by him. 
Remuneration 
3.—(l) The Lord Chancellor shall pay to, or in respect of, the Ombudsman, 
such amounts— 
(a) by way of remuneration, pensions, allowances or gratuities; or 
(b) by way of provision for any such benefits, 
as he may determine with the approval of the Treasury. 
(2) If— 
(a) the Ombudsman ceases to hold office; and 
(b) it appears to the Lord Chancellor that there are special circumstances 
which make it right that he should receive compensation, 
the Lord Chancellor may pay to him such sum as the Lord Chancellor may, with 
the consent of the Treasury, determine. 
Staff 
4.—(l) The Ombudsman may appoint such staff as he thinks necessary for the 
discharge of his functions. 
(2) Appointments shall be made by the Ombudsman on such terms and 
conditions (including terms as to pensions, allowances and gratuities) as he may, 
with the approval of the Lord Chancellor given with the consent of the Treasury, 
determine. 
(3) The reference in sub-paragraph (2) to pensions, allowances or gratuities 
includes a reference to pensions, allowances or gratuities by way of 
compensation to or in respect of any of the Ombudsman's staff who suffer loss of 
employment or loss or diminution of emoluments. 
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Annual and other reports ScH. 3 
5.—(l) The Ombudsman shall make an annual report to the Lord Chancellor 
on the discharge of his functions during the year to which the report relates. 
(2) The Ombudsman may, in addition, report to the Lord Chancellor at any 
time on any matter relating to the discharge of the Ombudsman's functions. 
(3) The Ombudsman shall provide the Lord Chancellor with such 
information relating to the discharge of his functions as the Lord Chancellor 
may see fit to require. 
(4) The Lord Chancellor shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of 
any annual report made to him under sub-paragraph (1). 
Accounts and audit 
6.—(1) The Ombudsman shall keep accounts with respect to his receipts and 
expenditure and shall prepare a statement of accounts with respect to each 
financial year. 
(2) The accounts shall be kept, and the statement of accounts prepared, in 
such form as the Lord Chancellor may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct. 
(3) The accounts shall be audited by persons appointed by the Lord 
Chancellor in respect of each financial year. 
(4) The auditors shall send to the Lord Chancellor a copy of the statement of 
accounts and of their report. 
(5) The Lord Chancellor shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of 
every statement of accounts and auditors' report sent to him under this 
paragraph. 
Financial provisions 
7.—(l) Any expenses of the Ombudsman incurred under this Act shall be 
defrayed by the Lord Chancellor out of money provided by Parliament. 
(2) The Ombudsman may, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, pay fees 
or allowances to any person who, in the Ombudsman's opinion, is qualified to 
assist him in the discharge of his functions and who so assists him. 
Parliamentary cation etc. 
8.—(l) In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification 1975 c. 24. 
Act 1975 (disqualifying offices) the following entry shall be inserted at the 
appropriate place— 
"The Legal Services Ombudsman". 
(2) The same entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place in Part III of 
Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975. 1975 c. 25. 
Acting Ombudsman 
9.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint a person to exercise the functions 
of the Ombudsman where— 
(a) the Ombudsman's office becomes vacant; or 
(b) the Ombudsman— 
(i) is incapable of exercising his functions; or 
(ii) considers that it would be inappropriate for him to exercise 
any of his functions in connection with a particular matter (because 
of a possible conflict of interests or for any other reason). 
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SCH. 3 (2) A person so appointed shall have the powers of the Ombudsman but shall 
act only in accordance with the terms on which he is appointed. 
(3) The Lord Chancellor may pay to any person so appointed such 
remuneration as he may determine with the approval of the Treasury. 
Sections 29 and SCHEDULE 4 
30. AUTHORISATLON AND APPROVAL 
PART I 
AUTHORISATION OF BODIES 
I .—( 1) Any professional or other body which wishes to become an authorised 
body for the purposes of section 27 or 28 ("the applicant") shall send to the 
Advisory Committee— 
(a) a draft of the qualification regulations which it proposes to apply to 
those of its members to whom it wishes to grant— 
(i) any right of audience; or 
(ii) any right to conduct litigation; 
(b) a draft of the rules of conduct which it proposes to apply to those of its 
members exercising any such right granted by it; and 
(c) a statement of the rights which it proposes to grant ("the proposed 
rights") and in relation to which it wishes to have those regulations and 
rules approved. 
(2) Those documents shall be accompanied by such explanatory material 
(including material about the applicant's constitution and activities) as the 
applicant considers is likely to be needed by the Advisory Committee if the 
Committee is to carry out its functions under this Part of this Schedule properly. 
(3) The applicant shall provide the Advisory Committee with such additional 
information as the Committee may reasonably require. 
(4) It shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to consider the applicant's 
draft qualification regulations and rules of conduct in relation to the proposed 
rights. 
(5) When it has completed its consideration, the Advisory Committee shall 
advise the applicant of the extent to which (if at all) the draft regulations or rules 
should, in the Committee's opinion, be amended in order to make them better 
designed— 
(a) to further the statutory objective; or 
(b) to comply with the general principle. 
(6) In subsequently making its qualification regulations and rules of conduct, 
with a view to applying for authorisation for the purposes of section 27 or 28, the 
applicant shall have regard to any advice given to it by the Advisory Committee 
under this paragraph. 
Submission to Lord Chancellor 
2.—(l) Where the applicant has complied with paragraph 1 and wishes to 
proceed with its application for authorisation, it shall apply to the Lord 
Chancellor for its qualification regulations and rules of conduct to be approved 
in relation to the proposed rights. 
(2) An application under this paragraph shall— 
(a) be in writing; 
(b) specify whether approval is sought for the purposes of section 27 or 28; 
and 
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(c) be accompanied by— ScH. 4 
(i) a copy of the regulations and rules; 
(ii) such explanatory material as the applicant considers is likely 
to be needed for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule; and 
(iii) a statement of the proposed rights. 
(3) The applicant shall provide the Lord Chancellor with such additional 
information as he may reasonably require. 
(4) On receipt of such an application, the Lord Chancellor shall— 
(a) send a copy of the application and of any documents provided under 
sub-paragraph (2)(c) or (3) to the Advisory Committee and to each of 
the designated judges; and 
(b) ask the Committee for advice as to whether the regulations and rules 
should be approved for the purposes of section 27 or 28. 
Advice of the Director General of Fair Trading 
3.—(l) The Lord Chancellor shall also send copies of the documents 
mentioned in paragraph 2(4)(a) to the Director. 
(2) The Director shall consider whether the regulations and rules would have, 
or would be likely to have, the effect of restricting, distorting or preventing 
competition to any significant extent. 
(3) When the Director has completed his consideration he shall give such 
advice to the Lord Chancellor as he thinks fit. 
(4) The Director may publish any advice given by him under this paragraph. 
(5) The Director shall, so far as practicable, exclude from anything published 
under sub-paragraph (4) any matter which relates to the affairs of a particular 
person (other than the applicant) the publication of which would, or might in the 
Director's opinion, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that person. 
4. Section 46 shall apply in relation to the investigation of any matter with a 
view to its consideration under paragraph 3, as it applies in relation to the 
investigation of any matter under section 45. 
Approval by Lord Chancellor and designated judges 
5.—(1) When he has received the advice of the Advisory Committee and that of the 
Director, the Lord Chancellor shall send a copy of the advice to the applicant. 
(2) The applicant shall be allowed a period of 28 days, beginning with the day 
on which the copy is sent to him, to make representations about the advice— 
(a) to the Lord Chancellor; or 
(b) where the Lord Chancellor appoints a person for the purposes of this 
sub-paragraph, to that person. 
(3) When the period of 28 days has expired the Lord Chancellor shall 
consider, in the light of the advice and of any representations duly made by the 
applicant under sub-paragraph (2)— 
(a) whether the regulations and rules should be approved for the purposes 
of section 27 or 28; and 
(b) whether the application should be approved. 
(4) When the Lord Chancellor has complied with sub-paragraph (3) he 
shall— 
(a) send to each designated judge a copy of— 
(i) the advice; and 
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ScH. 4 (ii) any representations duly made by the applicant under sub- 
paragraph (2); and 
(b) inform each of those judges of the answers which he proposes to give to 
the questions which he has considered under sub-paragraph (3). 
(5) It shall then be the duty of each designated judge to consider the 
regulations and rules and, in the light of the other material sent to him by the 
Lord Chancellor under sub-paragraph (4), to consider the questions considered 
by the Lord Chancellor under sub-paragraph (3). 
(6) The applicant shall provide each designated judge with such additional 
information about the regulations and rules as he may reasonably require. 
(7) If the Lord Chancellor, or any of the designated judges, is satisfied that 
approving the application would be incompatible with the statutory objective or 
the general principle (whether because of any provision of the regulations or 
rules, or for any other reason), he shall refuse to approve the application. 
(8) When each designated judge has discharged his duties under this 
paragraph he shall notify the Lord Chancellor in writing both of his decision and 
of his reasons for reaching it. 
(9) When— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor has discharged his duties under this paragraph; and 
(b) the designated judges have notified him of their decisions, 
the Lord Chancellor shall notify the applicant of the result of its application. 
(10) If the Lord Chancellor or any of the designated judges has refused to 
approve the application it shall fail. 
(11) The Lord Chancellor shall, if the applicant applies to him in writing, 
notify the applicant of— 
(a) his reasons for reaching his decision; and 
(b) the reasons given by each designated judge for reaching his decision. 
PART II 
APPROVAL REQUIRED BY SECTION 29 
Submission of proposals to Advisory Committee 
6.—(l) Where an authorised body proposes to make any alteration to its 
qualification regulations or rules of conduct which is required by section 29(3) to 
be approved under this Part of this Schedule, it shall send to the Advisory 
Committee a copy of— 
(a) its qualification regulations; 
(b) its rules of conduct; and 
(c) the proposed amending regulations or rules. 
(2) Where an authorised body proposes to make any alteration in the rights 
granted by it which calls for its qualification regulations and rules of conduct to 
be approved under section 29(4), it shall send to the Advisory Committee a copy 
of— 
(a) its qualification regulations; 
(b) its rules of conduct; and 
(c) a statement of the proposed alteration to the rights in question. 
(3) The documents sent to the Advisory Committee by the authorised body 
under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) shall be accompanied by such explanatory 
material as it considers is likely to be needed by the Advisory Committee in order 
for the Committee to be able to understand fully the implications of the proposed 
alteration. 
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(4) The applicant shall provide the Advisory Committee with such additional ScH. 4 
information as the Committee may reasonably require. 
Consideration by Advisory Committee 
7.—(l) It shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to consider the 
applicant's regulations and rules and the proposed alteration. 
(2) When it has completed its consideration, the Advisory Committee shall 
advise the applicant of the extent to which (if at all) its qualification regulations 
or rules of conduct should, in the Committee's opinion, be amended in order 
better to— 
(a) further the statutory objective; or 
(b) comply with the general principle. 
Submission to Lord Chancellor 
8.—(l) If, after— 
(a) receiving the Advisory Committee's advice; and 
(b) making the alteration in question, 
the applicant wishes the approval required by section 29(3) or (as the case may 
be) (4) to be given, it shall apply to the Lord Chancellor under this paragraph. 
(2) An application under this paragraph shall— 
(a) be in writing; 
(b) specify the purposes for which approval is sought; and 
(c) be accompanied by— 
(i) a copy of the amending regulations or rules or (as the case may 
be) of the statement mentioned in paragraph 6(2)(c) ("the 
statement"); and 
(ii) such explanatory material as the applicant considers is likely 
to be needed for the implications of the alteration to be fully 
understood. 
(3) The applicant shall provide the Lord Chancellor with such additional 
information as he may reasonably require. 
(4) On receipt of such an application, the Lord Chancellor shall— 
(a) send a copy of the application and of any documents provided under 
sub-paragraph (2)(c) or (3) to the Advisory Committee and to each of 
the designated judges; and 
(b) refer the application to the Committee for advice. 
Advice of the Director General of Fair Trading 
9.—(l) The Lord Chancellor shall also send a copy of the documents 
mentioned in paragraph 8(4)(a) to the Director. 
(2) The Director shall consider whether the amending regulations or rules 
would have, or would be likely to have, the effect of restricting, distorting or 
preventing competition to any significant extent. 
(3) When the Director has completed his consideration he shall give such 
advice to the Lord Chancellor as he thinks fit. 
(4) The Director may publish any advice given by him under this paragraph. 
(5) The Director shall, so far as practicable, exclude from anything published 
under sub-paragraph (4) any matter which relates to the affairs of a particular 
person (other than the applicant) the publication of which would, or might in the 
Director's opinion, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that person. 
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ScH. 4 10. Section 46 shall apply in relation to the investigation of any matter with a 
view to its consideration under paragraph 9, as it applies in relation to the 
investigation of any matter under section 45. 
Approval by Lord Chancellor and designated judges 
11 .—( 1) When he has received the advice of the Advisory Committee and that 
of the Director, the Lord Chancellor shall send a copy of the advice to the 
applicant. 
(2) The applicant shall be allowed a period of 28 days, beginning with the day 
on which the copy is sent to him, to make representations about the advice— 
(a) to the Lord Chancellor; or 
(b) where the Lord Chancellor appoints a person for the purposes of this 
sub-paragraph, to that person. 
(3) When the period of 28 days has expired the Lord Chancellor shall 
consider, in the light of the advice and of any representations duly made by the 
applicant under sub-paragraph (2) whether the approval required by section 
29(3) or (4) should be given. 
(4) When the Lord Chancellor has complied with sub-paragraph (3) he 
shall— 
(a) send to each designated judge a copy of— 
(i) the advice; and 
(ii) any representations duly made by the applicant under sub- 
paragraph (2); 
(b) inform each designated judge as to whether he proposes to give the 
required approval; and 
(c) where he proposes to withhold that approval, inform each designated 
judge of his reason for doing so. 
(5) It shall then be the duty of each designated judge to consider, in the light 
of the material sent to him by the Lord Chancellor under sub-paragraph (4), 
whether the required approval should be given. 
(6) The applicant shall provide each designated judge with such additional 
information as may reasonably be required. 
(7) If the Lord Chancellor, or any of the designated judges, is satisfied that the 
alteration is incompatible with the statutory objective or the general principle, he 
shall refuse to give the required approval. 
(8) When each designated judge has discharged his duties under this 
paragraph he shall notify the Lord Chancellor in writing both of his decision and 
of his reasons for reaching it. 
(9) When—--- 
(a) the Lord Chancellor has discharged his duties under this paragraph; and 
(b) the designated judges have notified him of their decisions, 
the Lord Chancellor shall notify the applicant of the result of its application. 
(10) If the Lord Chancellor or any of the designated judges refuses to give the 
required approval, the alteration in question shall not have effect. 
(11) The Lord Chancellor shall, if the applicant applies to him in writing, 
notify the applicant of— 
(a) his reasons for reaching his decision; and 
(b) the reasons given by each designated judge for reaching his decision. 
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PART III SCH. 4 
REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION OF AUTHORISED BODY 
Role of Advisory Committee 
1 2.—( 1) Where the Lord Chancellor is considering whether to recommend the 
making of a revoking Order by virtue of section 30(2)(c) or is advised by one or 
more of the designated judges that there are grounds for making such a 
recommendation, he shall seek the advice of the Advisory Committee. 
(2) The Advisory Committee shall carry out such investigations with respect 
to the authorised body concerned as it considers appropriate. 
(3) Where— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor has not sought the advice of the Advisory 
Committee under sub-paragraph (1); but 
(b) the Committee has reason to believe that there may be grounds for 
recommending that an Order be made under section 30(2)(c) with 
respect to an authorised body, 
it may carry out such investigations with respect to the authorised body as it 
considers appropriate. 
(4) On concluding any investigation carried out under sub-paragraph (2) or 
(3), the Advisory Committee shall— 
(a) advise the Lord Chancellor as to whether or not there appear to be 
grounds for recommending the making of an Order under section 30 
with respect to the authorised body concerned; and 
(b) if its advice is that there appear to be such grounds, advise the Lord 
Chancellor as to the transitional and incidental provision (if any) which 
it considers should be made under section 30(4) with respect to the 
authorised body concerned. 
Duty to comply with requests for information 
13.—(l) Where the Advisory Committee is carrying out an investigation 
under paragraph 12 it may require the authorised body concerned to provide it 
with such information, including copies of such documents, as it may reasonably 
require for the purposes of the investigation. 
(2) No person shall be required under sub-paragraph (1) to provide any 
information, or produce any copy of a document, which he could not be 
compelled to provide or produce in civil proceedings before a court. 
(3) Where an authorised body fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply 
with a request made to it by the Committee under sub-paragraph (1), section 
30(2)(c) shall be taken to have been satisfied in relation to that body. 
Notice to authorised body 
l4.—(1) If the Advisory Committee advises the Lord Chancellor that there are 
grounds for recommending the making of an Order under section 30 with respect 
an authorised body, the Lord Chancellor shall send written notice of that 
advice, and of the effect of such an Order, to that body. 
(2) Any such notice shall invite the authorised body to make representations 
in writing to the Lord Chancellor or such person as he may appoint for the 
purpose. 
(3) Any such representations must be made before the end of the period of 
three months beginning with the date on which the notice was given. 
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SCH. 4 Notice to members of authorised body 
15.—(1) Where— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor has given notice to any authorised body under 
paragraph 14(1); or 
(b) is proposing to recommend the making of an Order with respect to an 
authorised body under section 30, by virtue of subsection (2)(a) or (b) 
of that section, 
he shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to bring the matter to the 
attention of the members of the authorised body and of any other persons who, 
in his opinion, are likely to be affected by any Order made under section 30 with 
respect to that body. 
(2) Any such steps shall include inviting those members and other persons to 
make representations to the Lord Chancellor or (as the case may be) to the 
person appointed by him for the purpose. 
(3) Any such representations— 
(a) shall, except in such circumstances as the Lord Chancellor may specify, 
be in writing; and 
(b) must be made before the end of the period of three months beginning 
with such date as may be fixed by the Lord Chancellor. 
Consideration by Lord Chancellor and designated judges 
16.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Lord Chancellor to consider— 
(a) any advice given to him by the Advisory Committee under paragraph 
12; and 
(b) any representations duly made under paragraph 14 or 15. 
(2) Having done so, the Lord Chancellor shall— 
(a) send to each of the designated judges a copy of any such advice and of 
any such representations (including a note of any oral representations); 
and 
(b) inform each of them of his view as to whether or not, having regard to 
the general principle, the making of an Order under section 30 with 
respect to the authorised body in question should be recommended. 
(3) It shall be the duty of each of the designated judges— 
(a) to consider the information sent to him by the Lord Chancellor, having 
regard to the general principle; 
(b) to inform the Lord Chancellor of his own decision in the matter; and 
(c) to give his reasons, in writing, for his decision. 
(4) No Order under section 30 shall be made with respect to the authorised 
body unless the Lord Chancellor and each of the designated judges have decided 
that it should be made. 
Section 34(8). SCHEDULE 5 
THE AUTHORISED CONVEYANCING PRACTITIONERS BOARD 
Appointment of members 
1 .—( 1) Every member of the Board— 
(a) shall be appointed for such term, not exceeding three years, as the Lord 
Chancellor may specify; and 
(b) shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his 
appointment. 
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(2) Any person who ceases to be a member of the Board shall be eligible for ScH. 5 
re-appointment. 
(3) A member of the Board may at any time resign his office by giving notice 
in writing to the Lord Chancellor. 
(4) The Lord Chancellor may remove a member of the Board if satisfied— 
(a) that he has failed to carry out his duties; 
(b) that a bankruptcy order has been made against him or that his estate has 
been sequestrated or that he has made a composition or arrangement 
with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or 
(c) that he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a 
member of the Board. 
Proceedings of the Board 
2. The Board may regulate its own procedure. 
Delegation of powers 
3. Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment to be done by 
the Board, other than the making of rules, may be done— 
(a) by any member of the Board, or of the Board's staff, who has been 
authorised for the purpose, whether generally or specifically, by the 
Board; or 
(b) by any committee or sub-committee of the Board which has been so 
authorised. 
Vacancies and defective appointments 
4. The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by a 
vacancy amongst the members or by any defect in the appointment of a member. 
Application of seal and proof of instruments 
5. The application of the seal of the Board shall be authenticated by the 
signature of— 
(a) the Chairman or any other member of the Board; and 
(b) a member of the Board's staff who has been authorised by the Board for 
the purpose, whether generally or specifically. 
Documents served etc. by the Board 
6.—( 1) Any document which the Board is authorised or required by or under 
any enactment to serve, make or issue may be signed on behalf of the Board by 
any member of the Board or of its staff who has been authorised for the purpose, 
whether generally or specifically, by the Board. 
(2) Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on 
behalf of the Board and— 
(a) to be duly executed under the seal of the Board; or 
(b) to be signed or executed by a person authorised by the Board for the 
purpose, 
shall be received in evidence and treated, without further proof, as being so made 
or issued unless the contrary is proved. 
Remuneration 
7.—(l) The Board shall pay to its members such remuneration, and such 
travelling and other allowances, as it may determine. 
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SCH. 5 (2) If a member of the Board ceases to hold office and it appears to the Board 
that there are special circumstances which make it right that he should receive 
compensation, the Board may pay him such sum as it may determine. 
Staff 
8.—(l) The Board may appoint such staff, and shall pay them such 
remuneration, as it may determine. 
(2) The Board may, as regards any of its staff— 
(a) pay to or in respect of them such pensions, allowances or gratuities, as 
it may determine; or 
(b) provide and maintain for them such schemes (whether or not 
contributory) for the payment to or in respect of them of such pensions, 
allowances or gratuities, as it may determine. 
(3) The references in sub-paragraph (2) to pensions, allowances or gratuities 
include references to pensions, allowances or gratuities by way of compensation 
to or in respect of any of the Board's staff who suffer loss of employment or loss 
or diminution of emoluments. 
Accounts 
9.—( 1) The Board shall keep proper accounts of all sums received and paid by 
it and proper records in relation to those accounts. 
(2) The Board shall appoint auditors and cause its accounts to be audited 
annually by the auditors. 
(3) As soon as is practicable after the accounts for any period have been 
audited, the Board shall cause them to be published and shall send a copy of them 
to the Lord Chancellor together with a copy of any report of the auditors on the 
accounts. 
(4) No person shall be qualified to be appointed as an auditor under this 
paragraph unless he is— 
(a) a member of a body of accountants established in the United Kingdom 
and for the time being recognised for the purposes of section 389(l)(a) 
1985 c. 6. of the Companies Act 1985; 
(b) authorised by the Secretary of State under section 389(1)(b) of that Act 
to be appointed an auditor of a company; or 
(c) a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and 
Accountancy. 
(5) A firm may be appointed as an auditor under this paragraph if each of its 
members is qualified to be so appointed. 
Annual report of Board 
lO.—(l) The Board shall submit to the Lord Chancellor an annual report on 
the discharge of its functions. 
(2) The Lord Chancellor shall lay the Board's annual report before 
Parliament. 
Parliamentary etc. 
1975 c. 24. 1 l.—(l) In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification 
Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified) the following entry shall 
be inserted at the appropriate place— 
"The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board". 
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(2) The same entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place in Part II of ScH. 5 
Schedule I to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975. 1975 c. 25. 
SCHEDULE 6 Section 41. 
CON VEYANCING APPML TRIBUNALS 
Powers of Tribunals 
1 .—(1) A Tribunal hearing any appeal shall have power to— 
(a) investigate the facts on which the decision appealed against was based; 
(b) order the production of documents which it considers are relevant to the 
appeal; 
(c) summon witnesses; 
(d) consider fresh evidence, including evidence which could have been 
produced to the Board before it made the decision in question; 
(e) admit any evidence which it considers is relevant to the hearing even 
though it would not be admissible in proceedings before a court. 
(2) On determining any appeal, a Tribunal may— 
(a) confirm, reverse or vary any decision of the Board which is the subject 
of the appeal; or 
(b) remit the case to the Board with directions as to the action to be taken 
by the Board. 
Procedure of Tribunals 
2.—(l) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision with respect 
to the making of appeals to, and the procedure to be followed by, Tribunals. 
(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision— 
(a) as to the period within which appeals must be brought; 
(b) for the holding of hearings in private in prescribed circumstances; 
(c) as to the persons who may appear on behalf of the parties; 
(d) for enabling hearings to be conducted even though a member of the 
Tribunal, other than the Chairman, is absent; 
(e) as to the disclosure by the appellant, and others, of documents and the 
inspection of documents; 
(1) requiring persons to attend the proceedings and give evidence; 
(g) as to the payment of expenses incurred by persons compelled to attend 
proceedings by regulations made by virtue of paragraph (f); 
(h) autho rising the administration of oaths to witnesses; 
(i) as to the withdrawal of appeals; 
(j) as to costs and expenses incurred by any party to the proceedings; and 
(k) authorising preliminary or incidental matters in relation to an appeal to 
be dealt with by the Chairman of the Tribunal hearing that appeal. 
Staff 
3.—( 1) The Lord Chancellor may, with the consent of the Treasury, make such 
provision as he thinks fit for— 
(a) the allocation of staff for any Tribunal; 
(b) the remuneration of members of Tribunals and the reimbursement of 
their expenses; 
(c) defraying any reasonable expenses incurred by any Tribunal. 
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SCH. 6 (2) Any sums payable under any provision made by the Lord Chancellor 
under sub-paragraph (1) shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament. 
Section 43(4). SCHEDULE 7 
CON VEYANCING OMBUDSMAN SCHEME 
1. In this Schedule "the scheme" means the "Conveyancing Ombudsman 
Scheme" established by rules made under section 43(1). 
2. The scheme may provide— 
(a) for the Conveyancing Ombudsman to appoint his staff; and 
(b) for the establishment and functioning of an independent body (whether 
corporate or unincorporate) to administer the scheme. 
3.—(1) The scheme may provide for the Conveyancing Ombudsman— 
(a) to pay, as regards any of his staff, such remuneration and travelling and 
other allowances as he may determine with the approval of the Board; 
and 
(b) to pay such pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any of 
his staff as may be so determined. 
(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to pensions, allowances or gratuities 
includes a reference to pensions, allowances or gratuities by way of 
compensation to or in respect of any of the Conveyancing Ombudsman's staff 
who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments. 
4. The jurisdiction of the Conveyancing Ombudsman shall be determined by 
the scheme. 
5. The scheme may provide for the Conveyancing Ombudsman not to have 
jurisdiction to investigate complaints unless— 
(a) the procedure for investigating complaints which is maintained by the 
authorised practitioner against whom the complaint is made has been 
exhausted; or 
(b) the Conveyancing Ombudsman considers that the circumstances of the 
case are such as to justify his investigating the complaint before that 
procedure has been exhausted. 
6. The scheme shall require the Conveyancing Ombudsman to investigate any 
complaint which falls within his jurisdiction and which is properly made to him 
in accordance with the provisions of the scheme. 
7. The scheme may empower the Conveyancing Ombudsman, when 
investigating any complaint, to investigate the subject matter of the complaint as 
well as the way in which it has been handled by the authorised practitioner 
concerned. 
8. The scheme shall— 
(a) confer on the Conveyancing Ombudsman power to require— 
(i) information and documents relevant to any investigation under 
the scheme to be furnished to him; 
(ii) the payment by an authorised practitioner of compensation 
where loss has been suffered by, or inconvenience or distress has been 
caused to, any person as a result of any matter in respect of which a 
complaint made against that practitioner has been investigated 
under the scheme; 
(b) provide for an authorised practitioner against whom a determination 
has been made by the Conveyancing Ombudsman, on an investigation 
under the scheme, to be relieved of the obligation to comply with that 
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determination on publishing, in such manner as may be required by the ScH. 7 
scheme, details of the determination and of the practitioner's reasons 
for failing to comply with it. 
9. The scheme may provide that compensation which the Conveyancing 
Ombudsman may require to be paid by virtue of any provision made under 
paragraph 8(a)(ii) is not to exceed a specified amount. 
10. Subject to paragraphs 11 and 12, a determination of the Conveyancing 
Ombudsman under the scheme which is, by virtue of the complainant's 
acceptance of it, binding on the authorised practitioner concerned shall be final 
and shall not be questioned in any court of law. 
11. Paragraph 10 does not apply where the authorised practitioner concerned 
is, by provisions of the scheme made by virtue of paragraph 8(b), relieved of the 
obligation to comply with the Conveyancing Ombudsman's determination. 
12. Where a determination of the Conveyancing Ombudsman is binding on an 
authorised practitioner, the Conveyancing Ombudsman shall, at the request of 
that practitioner, state a case for the opinion of the High Court on any question 
of law. 
13. Where a case is so stated the High Court may direct the Conveyancing 
Ombudsman to reconsider the complaint. 
14. A decision of the High Court under paragraph 13 shall be treated as a 
judgment of the High Court within the meaning of section 16 of the Supreme 1981 c. 54. 
Court Act 1981 (jurisdiction of Court of Appeal to hear and determine appeals). 
15. No appeal shall lie from any decision of the High Court under paragraph 
13 without the leave of the Court of Appeal. 
16. Nothing in this Schedule is to be taken as prejudicing the generality of the 
power to make rules under section 43. 
SCHEDULE 8 Section 53. 
LICENSED CONVEYANCERS 
PART I 
ADDITIONAL POWERS OF COUNCIL FOR LICENSED CON VEYANCERS 
IN CONNECTION WITH SECTIONS 27, 28, AND 53 
General 
1. In this Schedule— 
"the Act of 1985" means the Administration of Justice Act 1985; 1985 c. 61. 
"advocacy licence" means a licence issued under section 53 and constituting 
the grant by the Council to the licensed conveyancer concerned of a 
right of audience; 
"the Council" means the Council for Licensed Conveyancers; 
"the Discipline and Appeals Committee" means the committee established 
under section 25 of the Act of 1985; 
"litigation licence" means a licence issued under section 53 and constituting 
the grant by the Council to the licensed conveyancer concerned of a 
right to conduct litigation; 
"probate licence" means a licence issued under section 53 and constituting 
the grant by the Council to the licensed conveyancer concerned of an 
exemption under section 55; and 
"relevant licence" means a licence under Part II of the Act of 1985 or an 
advocacy, litigation or probate licence. 
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ScH. 8 Qualification regulations and rules of conduct 
2.—( 1) For the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by section 53 the 
Council may make such qualification regulations and rules of conduct as it 
considers appropriate in connection with the granting of the rights or exemption 
in question. 
(2) In making any such regulations or rules the Council may, in particular, do 
anything which it has power to do in making rules under section 13 of the Act of 
1985 (training rules). 
Applications for licences 
3.—(1) An application for an advocacy licence, litigation licence or probate 
licence shall be made to the Council in such manner, and shall be accompanied 
by such fee, as may be prescribed by rules made by the Council under this 
paragraph. 
(2) Any such rules— 
(a) may prescribe the forms to be used in connection with applications for 
any such licence; and 
(b) may provide for applications of any description specified in the rules to 
be exempt from any of the requirements of the rules. 
(3) Rules made under section 14 of the Act of 1985 and this paragraph may 
make provision with respect to applications for composite licences. 
Issue of licences 
4.—(1) If, on an application for an advocacy, litigation or probate licence, the 
Council is satisfied that— 
(a) the applicant has complied with such qualification regulations, rules of 
conduct or other requirements as are applicable in his case in relation 
to the licence applied for; 
(b) that he has made adequate arrangements for the purpose of complying 
with any provisions which are applicable in his case in relation to the 
licence applied for; and 
(c) that he is a fit and proper person to provide the advocacy, litigation or 
probate services in question, 
the Council may issue the applicant either with a licence free of conditions or with 
a licence subject to such conditions as it sees fit to impose. 
(2) If the Council is for any reason not so satisfied, or for any other reason 
refuses the application, it shall notify the applicant of its refusal and of the 
grounds on which the application has been refused. 
(3) Subsections (3) to (6) of section 15 of the Act of 1985 (issue of licences 
under section 14 of that Act) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, with 
respect to any application under paragraph 3 and any licence in force under 
section 53 as they apply with respect to any application under section 14 of that 
Act and any licence under Part II of that Act. 
Conditional licences 
5.—(1) This paragraph has effect in any case where a person applies for an 
advocacy, litigation or probate licence— 
(a) for the first time; 
(b) when a licence of the kind applied for which has previously been held by 
him has been subject to conditions; 
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(c) when, on the first day of the period to which the licence applied for ScH. 8 
would (if granted) relate, a period of twelve months or more will have 
elapsed since he held a licence of that kind; 
(d) after the Discipline and Appeals Committee have made any order in his 
case under section 26 of the Act of 1985. 
(2) This paragraph also has effect in any case where a person applies for such 
a licence and any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraphs (e) to (j) of 
section 16 of the Act of 1985 (conditional licences) apply in his case. 
(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to subsection (4) of section 16 of the 
Act of 1985, as applied by sub-paragraph (7) of this paragraph. 
(4) In any case where this paragraph has effect the Council may, on issuing an 
advocacy, litigation or probate licence to the applicant, issue it subject to such 
conditions as the Council thinks fit. 
(5) The Council's decision in any such case to impose any particular 
conditions under this paragraph may be made by reference to such criteria of 
general application as may have been determined by the Council. 
(6) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (4), conditions may 
be imposed under that sub-paragraph— 
(a) for restricting the kinds of service that may be provided by the applicant 
by virtue of his having the advocacy, litigation or probate licence in 
question; or 
(b) for requiring the applicant to take any specified steps that will, in the 
opinion of the Council, be conducive to his carrying on an efficient 
practice as a licensed conveyancer who provides the additional services 
authorised by that licence, 
and conditions may be imposed under that sub-paragraph (whether for the 
purposes mentioned in paragraph (b) or otherwise) as they may be under Part II 
of the Act of 1985. 
(7) Subsections (4) and (5) of section 16 of the Act of 1985 shall have effect, 
with the necessary modifications, with respect to an advocacy, litigation or 
probate licence as they have effect with respect to a licence issued under Part II 
of that Act. 
Register of licensed conveyancers 
6.—--( 1) Where an advocacy, litigation or probate licence is in force with respect 
to a licensed conveyancer, the Council shall enter details of the licence in the 
appropriate place in the register of licensed conveyancers maintained by it under 
section 19 of the Act of 1985. 
(2) The Council shall accordingly cause the appropriate entries to be made on 
the issue of any advocacy, litigation or probate licence and deletions on any such 
licence ceasing to be in force. 
(3) Where any such licence is for the time being suspended, the Council shall 
cause that fact to be noted in the register against the name of the licensed 
conveyancer concerned. 
Code of conduct 
7.—(l) The rules made by the Council under section 20 of the Act of 1985 
(rules as to professional practice, conduct and discipline) shall also be made in 
pursuance of the Council's general duty under section 53(5). 
(2) Those rules may also provide for regulating the association of licensed 
conveyancers with respect to whom advocacy, litigation or probate licences are 
in force, with other persons in connection with the provision of advocacy, 
litigation or (as the case may be) probate services to members of the public. 
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SCH. 8 Effect of suspension or under Part II of the Act of 1985 
8. Where a licence issued under Part II of the Act of 1985 ceases to be in force 
(whether because it is suspended or the licensed conveyancer concerned is 
disqualified from holding such a licence or for any other reason), any advocacy, 
litigation or probate licence in force with respect to that licensed conveyancer at 
the time shall cease to have effect to the same extent as the licence under Part II 
of the Act of 1985. 
Removal of disqualification from holding a licence 
9.—( 1) Where the Discipline and Appeals Committee have made any order 
directing that a licensed conveyancer shall be disqualified (either permanently or 
during a specified period) from holding an advocacy licence, a litigation licence 
or a probate licence, he shall not, while his disqualification continues in force, 
be issued with a licence of a kind to which the disqualification relates unless the 
Committee, on an application made to them in that behalf, direct otherwise. 
(2) An application under this paragraph shall not be made to the 
Committee— 
(a) within ten months of the date of the Committee's order relating to the 
kind of licence in question; or 
(b) within ten months of a previous such application by the licensed 
conveyancer concerned with respect to that kind of licence. 
Revocation on grounds of error or fraud 
lO.—(l) Where the Discipline and Appeals Committee are satisfied that a 
relevant licence was issued to any person as a result of any error, or as a result of 
fraud on the part of that person, they may if they think fit by order revoke that 
licence and any other relevant licence issued to that person. 
(2) Where a person has had a relevant licence which was held by him revoked, 
he shall not be issued with any relevant licence except on the advice of the 
Committee given to the Council as the result of an application made by that 
person to the Committee. 
(3) On any such application the Committee may, if they think fit, direct that 
the applicant shall be disqualified from holding any relevant licence, or a relevant 
licence of a specified kind, until the expiry of such period as may be specified in 
the direction. 
(4) Paragraph 9 shall apply in relation to a direction under sub-paragraph (3) 
as it applies in relation to any direction of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) 
of that paragraph. 
Recognised bodies 
11. Section 32 of the Act of 1985 (provision of conveyancing services by 
recognised bodies) shall have effect as if the references to conveyancing services 
included references to advocacy, litigation or probate services. 
PART II 
AMENDMENTS OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO POWERS OF COUNCIL ETC. 
Delegation of powers etc. 
1 2.—( 1) Subject to any provision to the contrary made by or under any 
enactment, the Council may arrange for any of its functions (other than those of 
making rules, schemes or standing orders under Part II of the Act of 1985) to be 
discharged— 
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(a) by a committee of the Council; or ScH. 8 
(b) by a member of the Council's staff. 
(2) The Council may make rules providing for functions conferred by Part II 
of the Act of 1985 on any committee established under that Part to be discharged 
by a committee established under this paragraph. 
(3) In exercising its powers under sub-paragraphs (1) or (2), the Council may 
impose restrictions or conditions on the committee by which the functions 
concerned are to be discharged. 
(4) The Council may make rules providing for any of its committees 
(including one established under Part II of the Act of 1985) to refer any matter of 
a kind specified in the rules, in such circumstances as may be so specified, to any 
other such committee, or to the Council. 
(5) Where any matter is referred under sub-paragraph (4) to a committee of 
the Council or to the Council, that committee or (as the case may be) the Council 
shall have the same power to deal with it as the committee referring it. 
(6) The number of members of a committee established under this paragraph, 
and the terms on which they are to hold and vacate office, shall be fixed by the 
Council. 
(7) A committee established under this paragraph may include persons who 
are not members of the Council (whether licensed conveyancers or not) but a 
majority of the members of any such committee (including the chairman) shall 
be members of the Council. 
(8) The validity of any proceedings of such a committee shall not be affected 
by any casual vacancy among its members. 
(9) Any rules made under this paragraph— 
(a) may make such incidental and supplemental provision as the Council 
considers appropriate; and 
(b) may make different provision for different circumstances. 
Council's intervention powers 
l3.—(l) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the powers conferred by Part II of 
Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985 (intervention in licensed conveyancer's practice) 
shall also be exercisable where— 
(a) the Council is satisfied that a sole licensed conveyancer has abandoned 
his practice; or 
(b) the Council is satisfied that a licensed conveyancer has been practising 
in breach of any condition imposed on him in connection with any 
relevant licence of his. 
(2) The powers— 
(a) conferred by Part II of Schedule 5 to the Act of 1985; and 
(b) exercisable by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b), 
shall only be exercised if the Council has given the licensed conveyancer notice in 
writing that it is satisfied as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1 )(b) and also (at the 
same or any later time) notice in writing that the powers conferred by Part II of 
that Schedule are accordingly exercisable in his case. 
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SCH. 8 Inadequate professional services 
14.—(1) The Council may take any of the steps mentioned in paragraph 15 
("the steps") with respect to a licensed conveyancer where it appears to it that the 
professional services provided by him in connection with any matter in which he 
or his firm has been instructed by a client have, in any respect, not been of the 
quality which it is reasonable to expect of him as a licensed conveyancer. 
(2) The Council shall not take any of the steps unless it is satisfied that in all 
the circumstances of the case it is appropriate to do so. 
(3) In determining in any case whether it is appropriate to take any of the 
steps, the Council may— 
(a) have regard to the existence of any remedy which it is reasonable to 
expect to be available to the client in civil proceedings; and 
(b) where proceedings seeking any such remedy have not been begun by 
him, have regard to whether it is reasonable to expect him to begin 
them. 
(4) The Council's powers under this paragraph are exercisable in relation to a 
person who was, at the material time, a licensed conveyancer even though he is 
no longer a licensed conveyancer and references to a licensed conveyancer in this 
paragraph and paragraphs 15 to 20, so far as they relate to the exercise of those 
powers, shall be construed accordingly. 
Inadequate professional services: steps that may be taken 
l5.—(1) The steps are— 
(a) determining that the costs to which the licensed conveyancer is entitled 
in respect of his services ("the costs") are to be limited to such amount 
as may be specified in the determination and directing him to comply, 
or to secure compliance, with such one or more of the permitted 
requirements as appear to the Council to be necessary in order for effect 
to be given to its determination; 
(b) directing him to secure the rectification, at his expense or at that of his 
firm, of any such error, omission or other deficiency arising in 
connection with the matter in question as it may specify; 
(c) directing him to pay such compensation to the client as the Council sees 
fit to specify in the direction; 
(d) directing him to take, at his expense or at that of his firm, such other 
action in the interests of the client as it may specify. 
(2) The "permitted requirements" are— 
(a) that the whole or part of any amount already paid by or on behalf of the 
client in respect of the costs be refunded; 
(b) that the whole or part of the costs be remitted; 
(c) that the right to recover the costs be waived, whether wholly or to any 
specified extent. 
(3) The power of the Council to take any such steps is not confined to cases 
where the client may have a cause of action against the licensed conveyancer for 
negligence. 
Inadequate professional services. compensation 
16.—(1) The amount specified in a direction by virtue of paragraph 15(1)(c) 
shall not exceed £1,000. 
(2) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument amend 
sub-paragraph (1) by substituting for the sum of £1,000 such other sum as he 
considers appropriate. 
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(3) Before making any such order the Lord Chancellor shall consult the ScH. 8 
Council. 
(4) Any statutory instrument made under this paragraph shall be subject to 
annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. 
Inadequate professional services.' failure to comply with direction 
1 7.—( 1) If a licensed conveyancer fails to comply with a direction given under 
this Part of this Schedule, any person may make a complaint in respect of that 
failure to the Discipline and Appeals Committee; but no other proceedings 
whatever shall be brought in respect of it. 
(2) On the hearing of such a complaint the Discipline and Appeals Committee 
may, if it thinks fit (and whether or not it makes any order under section 26(2) of 
the Act of 1985), direct that the direction be treated, for the purpose of 
enforcement, as if it were contained in an order made by the High Court. 
Inadequate professional services.' fees 
1 8.—( 1) The Council may, by regulations made with the concurrence of the 
Lord Chancellor, make provision for the payment, by any client with respect to 
whom the Council is asked to consider whether to take any of the steps, of such 
fee as may be prescribed. 
(2) The regulations may provide for the exemption of such classes of client as 
may be prescribed. 
(3) Where a client pays the prescribed fee it shall be repaid to him if the 
Council takes any of the steps in the matter with respect to which the fee was 
paid. 
(4) In this paragraph "prescribed" means prescribed by the regulations. 
Inadequate professional services.' costs 
19. Where the Council takes any of the steps with respect to a licensed 
conveyancer it may also direct him to pay to the Council— 
(a) the amount of the fee repayable by the Council to the client under 
paragraph 18(3); and 
(b) an amount which is calculated by the Council as the cost to it of dealing 
with the complaint, or which in its opinion represents a reasonable 
contribution towards that cost. 
Duty of Discipline and Appeals Committee 
20. Where the Discipline and Appeals Committee— 
(a) is considering, or has considered, an application or complaint with 
respect to a licensed conveyancer; and 
(b) is of the opinion that the Council should consider whether to take any 
of the steps with respect to that licensed conveyancer, 
it shall inform the Council. 
Power to examine files 
21 .—( 1) Where the Council is satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the 
purpose of investigating any complaint made to it— 
(a) alleging professional misconduct by a licensed conveyancer; or 
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SCH. 8 (b) relating to the quality of any professional services provided by a licensed 
conveyancer, 
the Council may give notice to the licensed conveyancer or his firm requiring the 
production or delivery to any person appointed by the Council, at a time and 
place to be fixed by the Council, of all documents in the possession of the licensed 
conveyancer or his firm in connection with the matters to which the complaint 
relates (whether or not they relate also to other matters). 
(2) The provisions of paragraphs 9(2) to (12), 11 and 12 of Schedule 5 to the 
Act of 1985 shall apply in relation to the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (1) 
as they apply in relation to the powers conferred by paragraph 9(1) of that 
Schedule. 
Interest on clients' money 
22. Where a licensed conveyancer— 
(a) is required by rules made under section 23 of the Act of 1985 to place 
any sum of money in a separate deposit account; but 
(b) fails to do so as soon as is reasonably practicable, 
the Council may give a direction requiring him to account to the client in 
question for any interest which has not been earned but which would have been 
earned if that sum had been placed in a separate deposit account as soon as was 
reasonably practicable. 
Full and limited licences 
23. In section 15 of the Act of 1985 (issue of licences by Council), the following 
subsections shall be added at the end— 
"(7) A licence issued under this Part may be endorsed by the Council 
as— 
(a) a full licence, if the Council is satisfied that the person to whom it is 
issued has complied, or will comply, with the requirements made 
under this Part with respect to professional indemnity and 
compensation; or 
(b) as a limited licence, if the Council is not so satisfied. 
(8) Rules made under section 21 may make provision for the making, or 
removal, of endorsements while a licence is in force and for the recording of 
any such endorsement, or of its removal, in the register maintained under 
section 19." 
Cases in which conditions may be attached to licences 
24. In section 16(1) of the Act of 1985 (cases in which conditions may be 
attached to licences), the following shall be substituted for paragraph (i)— 
"(i) after having been committed to prison in civil proceedings; 
(ia) after having been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty or 
deception or a serious arrestable offence (as defined by section 
116 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984); or". 
Section 55. SCHEDULE 9 
PROBATE 
Advice from the Advisory Committee 
1 .—( 1) Where the Lord Chancellor receives an application from a professional 
or other body ("the applicant") for approval under this Schedule, he shall refer 
the application to the Advisory Committee. 
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(2) It shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to consider the application ScH. 9 
and to give to the Lord Chancellor such advice as it considers appropriate. 
Advice from the President of the Family Division 
2.—(l) When the Lord Chancellor has received the Advisory Committee's 
advice he shall refer the application, together with that advice, to the President 
of the Family Division. 
(2) It shall be the duty of the President to consider the application, in the light 
of that advice, and to give to the Lord Chancellor such advice as he considers 
appropriate. 
(3) If the President asks the Committee to give him advice with respect to the 
application, it shall be the duty of the Committee to do so. 
Information to be supplied by applicant 
3. The applicant shall provide the Lord Chancellor, the Advisory Committee 
and the President with any information that they may reasonably require. 
Approval by Lord Chancellor 
4. Having considered the advice given to him by the Advisory Committee and 
by the President, the Lord Chancellor may by order approve the application if, 
but only if, he is satisfied that the applicant has in force suitable arrangements— 
(a) for training; and 
(b) for ensuring that any person to whom the applicant grants the 
exemption mentioned in section 55(1) will at all times, while exempt, 
comply with the requirements of section 55(2)(a) to (e). 
Refusal to approve 
5.—(l) If the Lord Chancellor proposes to refuse the application he shall give 
the applicant written notice of his proposal. 
(2) The notice shall— 
(a) give the Lord Chancellor's reasons for proposing to refuse the 
application; and 
(b) inform the applicant of the effect of sub-paragraph (3). 
(3) Where such a notice is served, it shall be the duty of the Lord Chancellor, 
before determining whether to grant or refuse the application, to consider any 
representations duly made by the applicant. 
(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), representations are duly made if— 
(a) they are made to the Lord Chancellor before the end of the period of 28 
days beginning with the day on which the notice is served; and 
(b) unless the Lord Chancellor directs in a particular case, they are in 
writing. 
(5) If the Lord Chancellor refuses the application he shall give notice to the 
applicant in writing. 
(6) Any notice given under sub-paragraph (5) must give the Lord Chancellor's 
reasons for refusing the application. 
Revocation of approval 
6.—( I) The revocation of any approval given under this Schedule shall be by 
order ("a revoking order") made by the Lord Chancellor. 
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SCH. 9 (2) A revoking order may only be made if— 
(a) the approved body has made a written request to the Lord Chancellor 
asking for it to be made; 
(b) the approved body has agreed in writing to its being made; or 
(c) the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that the circumstances at the time when 
he is considering the question are such that, had that body then been 
applying to become an approved body, its application would have 
failed. 
(3) A revoking order may make such transitional and incidental provision as 
the Lord Chancellor considers necessary or expedient. 
(4) Where a revoking order is made— 
(a) the exemption granted to any person by the body with respect to whom 
the order is made shall cease to have effect, subject to any transitional 
provision made by the order; and 
(b) the Lord Chancellor shall— 
(i) give the body with respect to whom the order is made written 
notice of the making of the order; 
(ii) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to bring the 
making of the order to the attention of members of that body; and 
(iii) publish notice of the making of the order in such manner as 
he considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons 
(other than those members) who, in his opinion, are likely to be 
affected by the order. 
Role of the Advisory Committee 
7.—(l) Where the Lord Chancellor is considering whether to make a revoking 
order by virtue of paragraph 6(2)(c)— 
(a) he shall seek the advice of the Advisory Committee; and 
(b) the Advisory Committee shall carry out such investigations with respect 
to the approved body as it considers appropriate. 
(2) Where— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor has not sought the advice of the Advisory 
Committee under sub-paragraph (1); but 
(b) the Advisory Committee has reason to believe that there may be 
grounds for recommending that a revoking order be made under 
paragraph 6(2)(c) with respect to an approved body, 
it may carry out such investigations with respect to the approved body as it 
considers appropriate. 
(3) If, on concluding any investigation carried out under sub-paragraph (1) or 
(2), the Advisory Committee considers that there are grounds for recommending 
the making of a revoking order with respect to the approved body concerned, it 
shall advise the Lord Chancellor accordingly. 
Duty to comply with requests for information 
8.—( 1) Where the Advisory Committee is carrying out an investigation under 
paragraph 7 it may require the approved body concerned to provide it with such 
information, including copies of such documents, as it may reasonably require 
for the purposes of the investigation. 
(2) No person shall be required under sub-paragraph (I) to provide any 
information, or produce any copy of a document, which he could not be 
compelled to provide or produce in civil proceedings before a court. 
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(3) Where an approved body fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with ScH. 9 
a request made to it by the Committee under sub-paragraph (1), paragraph 
6(2)(c) shall be taken to have been satisfied in relation to that body. 
Notice to approved body 
9.—(l) If the Advisory Committee advises the Lord Chancellor that there are 
grounds for recommending the making of a revoking order with respect to an 
approved body, the Lord Chancellor shall send written notice of that advice, and 
of the effect of such an order, to that body. 
(2) Any such notice shall invite the approved body to make representations in 
writing to the Lord Chancellor or such person as he may appoint for the purpose. 
(3) Any such representations must be made before the end of the period of 
three months beginning with the date on which the notice was given. 
Notice to members of approved body 
l0.—(l) Where— 
(a) the Lord Chancellor has given notice to an approved body under 
paragraph 9(1); or 
(b) is proposing to make a revoking order with respect to an approved 
body, by virtue of paragraph 6(2)(a) or (b), 
he shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to bring the matter to the 
attention of the members of the approved body and of any other persons who, in 
his opinion, are likely to be affected by any revoking order made with respect to 
that body. 
(2) Any such steps shall include inviting those members and other persons to 
make representations to the Lord Chancellor or (as the case may be) to the 
person appointed by him for the purpose. 
(3) Any such representations— 
(a) shall, except in such circumstances as the Lord Chancellor may specify, 
be in writing; and 
(b) must be made before the end of the period of three months beginning 
with such date as may be fixed by the Lord Chancellor. 
Consideration by Lord Chancellor and President 
11 .—( 1) It shall be the duty of the Lord Chancellor to consider— 
(a) any advice given to him by the Advisory Committee under paragraph 7; 
and 
(b) any representations duly made under paragraph 9 or 10. 
(2) Having done so, the Lord Chancellor shall— 
(a) send to the President a copy of any such advice and of any such 
representations (including a note of any oral representations); and 
(b) inform the President of his view as to whether or not a revoking order 
with respect to the approved body concerned should be made. 
(3) It shall be the duty of the President— 
(a) to consider the information sent to him by the Lord Chancellor; 
(b) to inform the Lord Chancellor of his own decision in the matter; and 
(c) to give his reasons, in writing, for his decision. 
(4) No revoking order shall be made with respect to the approved body unless 
the Lord Chancellor and the President agree that it should be made. 
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Section 71(2). SCHEDULE 10 
JUDICIAL AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS 
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (c. 59) 
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 
1. In section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (appointment of Lords 
of Appeal in Ordinary) for the words "a practising barrister in England or 
Ireland, or a practising advocate in Scotland" there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a Supreme Court qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate in Scotland, or a solicitor entitled to appear in the 
Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary; or 
(c) a practising member of the Bar of Northern Ireland." 
War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53) 
Pensions Appeal Tribunal 
2.—(l) In paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the War Pensions (Administrative 
Provisions) Act 1919 (members of tribunal) in sub-paragraph (i) the words from 
"being a barrister" to "standing" shall be omitted. 
(2) After that paragraph there shall be inserted— 
"2A. For the purposes of paragraph 2(i) the legal representative shall be— 
(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern ireland or solicitor of the Supreme 
Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing." 
Land Registration Act 1925 (c. 21) 
District Registrar 
3. In section 132(2) of the Land Registration Act 1925 (district registrar and 
assistant district registrar)— 
(a) for the words "is a barrister" to "ten years' standing" there shall be 
substituted "has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990"; and 
(b) for the words "is either a barrister" to the end there shall be substituted 
"has a 5 year general qualification, within the meaning of that section." 
London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii) 
4. In section 109(1) of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 
(constitution of appeal tribunal) in paragraph (b) for the words "barrister or a 
solicitor" there shall be substituted "a person who has a general qualification, 
within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990". 
Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39) 
5. In paragraph 3(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 
1943 (appointment of members of Appeal Tribunals) for paragraph (a) there 
shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who— 
(i) has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; or 
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(ii) is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' ScH. 10 
standing; 
(iii) is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor 
of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing;". 
Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48) 
Agricultural Land Tribunal 
6.—(1) In paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 9 to the Agriculture Act 1947 
(chairman of agricultural land tribunal) for the words from "barrister" to the end 
there shall be substituted "person who has a 7 year general qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
(2) In paragraph 14 of that Schedule (deputies) for the words from 
"barristers" to the end there shall be substituted the words "persons eligible for 
appointment under paragraph 13(1)." 
Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42) 
Lands Tribunal 
7. In section 2(2) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (President and members of 
Lands Tribunal)— 
(a) after the words "person who" there shall be inserted "(a)"; 
(b) for the words "or a barrister-at-law of at least seven years' standing" 
there shall be substituted 
"(b) has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 
71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; or 
(c) is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing,"; and 
(c) for the words "barristers-at-law or solicitors of the like standing" there 
shall be substituted "persons falling within paragraph (b) or (c) or 
solicitors of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing". 
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54) 
8. In section 9(3)(a) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (president of appeal 
tribunal) for the words "barrister of not less than seven years' standing or a 
solicitor of not less than seven years' standing" there shall be substituted "person 
who has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,". 
National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949 (c. 93) 
Arbitration committee 
9. In section 7(6) of the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949 
(member of arbitration committee) for the words "a practising barrister, 
advocate or solicitor" there shall be substituted "a person who has a 7 year 
general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legai 
Services Act 1990) or an advocate or solicitor in Scotland". 
Courts-Martial Appeals Act 1951 (c. 46) 
Judge Advocate of the Fleet 
10. In section 28(2) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (appointment of 
Judge Advocate of the Fleet) for the words "unless he is" to the end there shall 
be substituted "unless he is— 
136 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 10 (a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing, or a solicitor 
who has been entitled to appear in the Court of Session and the 
High Court of Justiciary for at least 10 years; or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Judge Advocate General etc 
11 .—( 1) In section 31(1) of that Act (appointment of Judge Advocate General) 
for the words "unless he is" to the end there shall be substituted "unless he is— 
(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing, or a solicitor 
who has been entitled to appear in the Court of Session and the 
High Court of Justiciary for at least 10 years; 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing; 
(d) the Vice Judge Advocate General; or 
(e) an Assistant Judge Advocate General." 
(2) In subsection (2) of that section (Vice or Assistant Judge Advocate 
General) for the words "unless he is" to the end there shall be substituted "unless 
he is— 
(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing, or a solicitor 
who has been entitled to appear in the Court of Session and the 
High Court of Justiciary for at least 7 years; 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing; or 
(d) a Deputy Judge Advocate General." 
(3) In subsection (3) of that section (Deputy Judge Advocate General) for the 
words "unless he is" to the end there shall be substituted "unless he is— 
(a) a person who has a 5 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate in Scotland of at least 5 years' standing, or a solicitor 
who has been entitled to appear in the Court of Session and the 
High Court of Justiciary for at least 5 years; or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least 5 years' 
standing." 
Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47) 
Chairman of disciplinary committee 
12. In section 9(1) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (constitution of 
disciplinary committee) for the words "who is a barrister" to the end there shall 
be substituted "who— 
(a) has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 
of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; 
or 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 137 
(c) is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the ScH. 10 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing, 
and is approved by the Minister." 
County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 25 (N.J.)) 
County Court Judge 
13. In section 103 of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 
(qualifications for appointment as county court judge in Northern Ireland) after 
paragraph (a) of subsection (1) there shall be inserted— 
"(aa) he is a solicitor who has practised for not less than ten years as a 
solicitor in Northern Ireland; or". 
Charities Act 1960 (c. 58) 
Charity Commissioner 
14. In paragraph 1(2) of the First Schedule to the Charities Act 1960 (charity 
commissioners) for the words "barristers or solicitors" there shall be substituted 
"persons who have a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 
71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 (c. 66) 
Assessor to disciplinary committee 
15. In paragraph 4(1) of the Second Schedule to the Professions 
Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 (assessor to disciplinary committee) for the 
words "a barrister" to the end there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2) 
Levy Appeal Tribunal 
16. In section 29(2)(a) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 
(chairman of levy appeal tribunal) for the words "a barrister, advocate or 
solicitor of not less than seven years' standing" there shall be substituted— 
a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990; or 
(ii) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' 
standing,". 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1) 
Judge of Consistory Court 
17. In section 2(2) of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (judge of 
consistory court) for the words "barrister at law of at least seven years' standing" 
there shall be substituted "person who has a 7 year general qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,". 
138 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 10 Dean of the Arches and Auditor 
l8.—(l) In section 3(3) of that Measure (Dean of the Arches and Auditor) for 
the words "barrister at law of at least ten years' standing" there shall be 
substituted "person who has a 10 year High Court qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,". 
(2) In section 42(3) of that Measure (deputy appointed by Dean of the Arches 
to sit on inquiry into complaint against bishop by committee of convocation) for 
the words "barrister at law of at least ten years' standing" there shall be 
substituted "person who has a 10 year High Court qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;". 
Assessor for episcopal committee inquiry 
19. In section 33(4) of that Measure (barrister to assist episcopal committee in 
inquiry into complaint) for the words "barrister at law of not less than ten years' 
standing" there shall be substituted "person who has a 10 year general 
qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990,". 
Examiner 
20. In paragraph 1(1) of the Second Schedule to that Measure (members of 
panel of examiners) for the words "who shall be either barristers at law or 
solicitors" there shall be substituted "having a 7 year general qualification 
(within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) 
and". 
Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14) 
Plant Variety Rights Tribunal 
21 .—( 1) In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 to the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 
1964 (chairman of tribunal) for the words from "a barrister" to the end there 
shall be substituted "a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ("a qualifying 
person")." 
(2) In paragraph 2 of that Schedule (deputy chairman) for the words "a 
barrister or solicitor of not less than seven years' standing" there shall be 
substituted "a qualifying person". 
(3) In paragraph 3(a) of that Schedule (adaptations for Scotland)— 
(a) for the word "barrister" there shall be substituted "qualifying person"; 
and 
(b) for the words "an advocate" there shall be substituted "an advocate or 
solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing." 
(4) In paragraph 3A of that Schedule inserted by section 39(3)(b)(iv) of that 
Act (adaptations for Northern Ireland) in paragraph (a) after the word "Ireland" 
there shall be inserted "and as if for the references to a qualifying person there 
were substituted references to a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or 
solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing." 
Police Act 1964 (c. 48) 
22. In paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 5 to the Police Act 1964 (chairman of inquiry 
on an appeal) in paragraph (a) for the words "barrister or solicitor" there shall 
be substituted "person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning 
of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990". 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 139 
Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964 (c. 89) ScH. 10 
Assessor to disciplinary committee 
23. In paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2 to the Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964 
(assessor to disciplinary committee) for the words "a barrister" to the end there 
shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
or 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing." 
City of London Courts Act 1964 (c. iv) 
The Common Serjeant 
24. In section 12(2) of the City of London (Courts) Act 1964 (appointment of 
Common Serjeant) for the words "he is a barrister of not less than ten years' 
standing" there shall be substituted "he has a 10 year Crown Court qualification, 
within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Law Commissions Act 1965 (c. 22) 
Law Commissioner 
25. In section 1(2) of the Law Commissions Act 1965 (Law Commissioners) 
for the words "barrister or solicitor" there shall be substituted "person having a 
general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990)". 
Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64) 
Commons Commissioner 
26. In section 17(1) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (Commons 
Commissioners) for the words "barristers or solicitors of not less than seven 
years' standing" there shall be substituted "persons who have a 7 year general 
qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990,". 
Industrial Tribunal (England and Wales) Regulations 1965 
Industrial tribunal (S.I. 1965/1101.) 
27.—( 1) In regulation 3(1) of the Industrial Tribunal (England and Wales) 
Regulations 1965 (President of Industrial Tribunal) for the words "barrister or 
solicitor of not less than seven years' standing" there shall be substituted "person 
who has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
(2) In regulation 5(2) of those regulations (chairman of tribunal) for the words 
"being barristers or solicitors of not less than seven years' standing" there shall 
be substituted "who have a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,". 
(3) The amendments by sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of provisions contained 
in regulations shall not be taken to have prejudiced any power to make further 
regulations amending or revoking those provisions. 
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (c. 36) 
Assessor to disciplinary committee 
28. In paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (assessor 
to disciplinary committee) for the words from "a barrister" to the end there shall 
be substituted— 
140 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 10 "(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Hearing Aid Council Act 1968 (c. 50) 
Assessor to Disciplinary Committee 
29. In section 11 of the Hearing Aid Council Act 1968 (assessor to Disciplinary 
Committee) for the words "a barrister" to the end there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) 
Special Commissioner 
30. In section 4(2) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (Special Commissioner 
for income tax) for the words "unless he is" to the end there shall be substituted 
"unless— 
(a) he has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' 
standing; or 
(c) he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) 
Circuit Judge 
31.—(l) In section 16(3) of the Courts Act 1971 (appointment of Circuit 
judges) for the words from "unless he is a barrister" to the end there shall be 
substituted "unless— 
(a) he has a 10 year Crown Court or 10 year county court qualification 
within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990; 
(b) he is a Recorder; or 
(c) he has held as a full-time appointment for at least 3 years one of 
the offices listed in Part IA of Schedule 2." 
(2) After Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act (certain office-holders to be circuit 
judges) there shall be inserted the following— 
"PART IA 
CERTAIN OFFICE-HOLDERS ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS CIRCUIT JUDGES 
1975 c. 14. Social Security Commissioner appointed under section 97 of the Social 
Security Act 1975. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 141 
President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal ScH. 10 
Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal appointed under Schedule 10 to 
that Act. 
President of Industrial Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal 
appointed under the Industrial Tribunals (England and Wales) SI. 1965/1101. 
Regulations 1965. 
President or member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal appointed 
under Schedule 5 to the Immigration Act 1971. 1971 c. 77. 
Member (excluding the President) of the Lands Tribunal appointed 
under section 2 of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949. 1949 c. 42. 
President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals appointed under the Schedule to 
the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943. 1943 c. 39. 
President of Value Added Tax Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal 
appointed under Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1983. 1983 c. 55. 
Special Commissioner appointed under section 4 of the Taxes 1970 c. 9. 
Management Act 1970. 
Coroner appointed under section 2 of the Coroners Act 1988. 1988 c. 13. 
Master of the Queen's Bench Division. 
Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and 
Registrar of Criminal Appeals. 
Admiralty Registrar. 
Master of the Chancery Division. 
Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court. 
Taxing Master of the Supreme Court. 
District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division. 
Registrar of Civil Appeals. 
Master of the Court of Protection. 
District judge. 
Stipendiary magistrate." 
Recorder and Assistant Recorder 
32.—( 1) In section 21(2) of that Act (appointment of Recorders) for the words 
"he is a barrister or solicitor of at least 10 years' standing" there shall be 
substituted "he has a 10 year Crown Court or 10 year county court qualification, 
within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
(2) In section 24(1)(b) of that Act (appointment of assistant Recorders) for the 
words "any barrister or solicitor of at least 10 years' standing" there shall be 
substituted "any person who has a 10 year Crown Court or 10 year county court 
qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990." 
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) 
33. In paragraph l(l)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 
(chairman of tribunal) for the words "a barrister, advocate or solicitor of not less 
than seven years' standing" there shall be substituted— 
"(i) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990; 
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SCH. 10 (ii) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' 
standing; or 
(iii) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of 
the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing,". 
Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) 
Immigration Appeal Tribunal 
34. In paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Immigration Act 1971 (president and 
members of Appeal Tribunal) for the words from "barristers" to the end there 
shall be substituted— 
"(a) persons who have a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) advocates or solicitors in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; or 
(c) members of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitors of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing." 
Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46) 
Assistant registrar offriendly societies 
35. In section 2(2) of the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (at least one assistant 
registrar to be barrister or solicitor) for the words "barrister" to the end there 
shall be substituted "person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14) 
Social Security Commissioner 
36. In section 97(3) of the Social Security Act 1975 (Social Security 
Commissioners) for the words "persons who are barristers, solicitors or 
advocates of not less than" there shall be substituted "persons who have a 10 year 
general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990, or advocates or solicitors in Scotland of at least". 
Social security appeal tribunal and medical appeal tribunal 
37.—(l) In section 97(2E) of that Act (chairman of social security appeal 
tribunal) for the words "he is a barrister, advocate or solicitor of not less than" 
there shall be substituted "he has a 5 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, or he is an 
advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least". 
(2) In paragraph 1 A(2) of Schedule 10 to that Act (President of social security 
and medical appeal tribunals) for the words "he is a barrister, advocate or 
solicitor of not less than" there shall be substituted "he has a 10 year general 
qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990, or he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least". 
(3) In paragraph 1A(3) of that Schedule (full-time chairman of such tribunals) 
for the words "he is a barrister, advocate or solicitor of not less than" there shall 
be substituted "he has a 5 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, or he is an advocate or 
solicitor in Scotland of at least". 
(4) In paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 12 to that Act (chairman of medical appeal 
tribunal) for the words "he is a barrister, advocate or solicitor of not less than" 
there shall be substituted "he has a 5 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, or he is an 
advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least". 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 143 
Farriers Registration Act 1975 (c. 35) ScH. 10 
Assessor to Disciplinary Committee 
38. In paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Farriers (Registration) Act 1975 
(assessor to Disciplinary Committee) for the words "a barrister" to the end there 
shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
or 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing." 
Industry Act 1975 (c. 68) 
Arbitration Tribunal 
39. In paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 3 to the Industry Act 1975 (president of an 
arbitration tribunal) for the words "a barrister or solicitor of at least seven years' 
standing" there shall be substituted— 
"(i) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990; or 
(ii) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of 
the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing,". 
Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3) 
Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal 
40. In section 42(3)(a) of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 
(president of the arbitration tribunal) for the words "a barrister or solicitor of 
not less than seven years' standing" there shall be substituted— 
"(i) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990; or 
(ii) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of 
the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing,". 
Insurance Brokers (Registration) Act 1977 (c. 46) 
Assessor to Disciplinary Committee 
41. In section 20(1) of the Insurance Brokers (Registration) Act 1977 (assessor 
to Disciplinary Committee) for the words "a barrister" to the end there shall be 
substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49) 
42. In paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service Act 1977 
(chairman of the tribunal) for the words "a practising barrister or solicitor of not 
less than ten years' standing" there shall be substituted "a person who has a 10 
year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and 
Legal Services Act 1990,". 
144 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 10 Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36) 
Assessors to the Central Council 
43. In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 3 to the Nurses, Midwives and Health 
Visitors Act 1979 (Central Council to appoint assessors) for the words 
"barristers" to the end there shall be substituted— 
"(a) persons who have a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) advocates or solicitors in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) members of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitors of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55) 
Stipendiary Magistrate 
44.—(l) In section 13(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (appointment of 
stipendiary magistrates) for the words "barrister or solicitor of not less than 
seven years' standing" there shall be substituted "person who has a 7 year general 
qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990,". 
(2) In sections 31(2) and 34(1) of that Act (appointment of metropolitan 
stipendiary magistrates etc) for the words "is a barrister or solicitor of not less 
than seven years standing" there shall in each case be substituted "has a 7 year 
general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990". 
Justices' Clerk 
45. In section 26(1) of that Act (appointment of justices' clerk) for the words 
"is a barrister or solicitor of not less than five years' standing" there shall be 
substituted "has a 5 year magistrates' court qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,". 
Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30) 
Deputy Social Security Commissioner 
46. In section 13(5) of the Social Security Act 1980 (appointment of deputy 
Social Security Commissioner) for the words "barrister, advocate or solicitor of 
not less than" there shall be substituted "person who has a 10 year general 
qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990, or an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years standing, or 
a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Supreme Court of 
Northern Ireland of at least". 
Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) 
Judge's legal secretary 
47. In section 98(4) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (appointment by certain 
senior judges of a legally qualified secretary) for the words "barrister or solicitor" 
there shall be substituted "person who has a general qualification (within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990)". 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 145 
Con veyancing counsel 
48. In section 131(1) of that Act (conveyancing counsel of the Supreme Court) 
for the words "conveyancing counsel in actual practice" to the end there shall 
be substituted "persons who have a 10 year High Court qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Master, Registrar etc 
49. For Schedule 2 to that Act (which sets out the persons eligible for 
appointment to certain offices in the Supreme Court) there shall be substituted— 
"SCHEDULE 2 
LIST OF OFFICES IN SUPREME COURT FOR PURPOSES OF PART IV 
References in this Schedule to a person having a general qualification 
shall be construed in accordance with section 71 of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990. 
PART I SCH. 10 
1. Office 
1. Permanent Secretary to 
the Lord Chancellor 
and Clerk of the Crown 
in Chancery. 
1. Office 
3. Master, Queen's Bench 
Division. 
4. Queen's Coroner and 
Attorney and Master 
of the Crown Office 
and Registrar of 
Criminal Appeals. 
5. Admiralty Registrar. 
6. Master, 
Chancery Division. 
7. Registrar in 
Bankruptcy 
High Court. 
8. Taxing Master of the 
Supreme Court. 2. Persons 
1 .—(l) A person who has 
a 10 year general 
qualification. 
(2) A civil servant who has 
served at least 5 years in 
the Lord Chancellor's 
Department. 
2. A person who has 
a 10 year general 
qualification. 
2. Persons 
3. A person who has 
a 7 year general 
qualification. 
4. A person who has 
a 10 year general 
qualification. 
5. A person who has 
a 7 year general 
qualification. 
6. A person who has 
a 7 year general 
qualification. 
7. A person who has 
a 7 year general 
qualification. 
8. A person who has 
a 7 year general 
qualification. 2. Official Solicitor. 
PART II 
of the 
146 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 10 9. District judge of the 9.—(1) A person who 
principal registry of the has a 7 yea r general 
Family Division. qualification. 
(2) A district probate 
registrar who either— 
(a) is of at least 5 years' 
standing; or 
(b) has, during so much 
of the 10 years immediately preceding his 
appointment as he has 
not been a district 
probate registrar, 
served as a civil 
servant in the 
principal registry or a district probate 
registry. 
(3) A civil servant who has 
served at least 10 years in 
the principal registry or 
a district probate 
registry. 
10. Registrar of Civil 10. A person who has a 1 0 
Appeals. year general 
qualification. 
11. Master of the Court of 11. A person who has 
Protection. a 7 year general 
qualification. 
PART III 
1. Office 2. Persons qualified 
12. District probate 12.—(1) A person who has 
registrar. a 5 year general 
qualification. 
(2) A civil servant who has 
served at least 5 years in 
the principal registry of 
the Family Division or 
a district probate 
registry." 
Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) 
Election Court Commissioner 
50.—(1) In section 130 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (barristers 
qualified to constitute election court) in subsection (1) for the word "barrister" 
there shall be substituted "person". 
(2) In subsection (2) of that section— 
(a) for the word "barrister" there shall be substituted "person"; 
(b) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted— 
"(a) unless he has a 10 year High Court qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
or"; and 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 147 
(c) for paragraph (b)(ii) there shall be substituted— ScH. 10 
"(ii) in which he practises." 
(3) In subsection (3)(a) for the word "barristers" there shall be substituted 
"qualified persons". 
Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) 
Lord Chancellor's Legal Visitor 
51. In section 1 02(3)(b) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (panel of Legal Visitors 
of patients) for the words "he is a barrister" to the end there shall be substituted 
"he has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Value Added Tax Act 1983 (c. 55) 
VAT Tribunal 
52.—( 1) In paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1983 
(President of VAT Tribunals) for the words "a barrister, advocate or solicitor of 
not less than ten years' standing" there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
(2) In paragraph 7(3A) of that Schedule (chairman of a VAT tribunal) for the 
words "a barrister or solicitor of not less than seven years' standing" there shall 
be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
or 
(b) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing". 
Medical Act 1983 (c. 54) 
Legal Assessor to Committees 
53. In paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4 to the Medical Act 1983 (General Council 
to appoint legal assessors to advise Professional Conduct Committee, Health 
Committee and Preliminary Proceedings Committee) for the words "a barrister" 
to the end there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
148 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
ScIEl. 10 Pastoral Measure 1983 (No. 1) 
Appeal Tribunal 
54. In Schedule 4 to the Pastoral Measure 1983 (compensation of clergy) in 
paragraph 15(1 )(c) (constitution of Appeal Tribunal) for the words "are 
barristers at law or solicitors in England and Wales" there shall be substituted 
"have a 7 year general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990)". 
Merchant Shipping Act 1984 (c. 5) 
Arbitrator 
55.—(l) In section 4(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1984 (arbitrator) for 
paragraph (c) there shall be substituted— 
"(c) a person falling within subsection (5A); or". 
(2) After that subsection there shall be inserted— 
"(SA) For the purposes of subsection (5)(c) a person falls within this 
subsection if— 
(a) he has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' 
standing; or 
(c) he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24) 
Assessor to committees 
56. In paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the Dentists Act 1984 (General Dental 
Council to appoint legal assessors to Professional Conduct Committee and 
Health Committee) for the words "a barrister" to the end there shall be 
substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28) 
District judges 
57. In section 9 of the County Courts Act 1984 (appointment of district judges, 
assistants and deputies) for the words "he is a solicitor of at least 7 years' 
standing" there shall be substituted "he has a 7 year general qualification, within 
the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35) 
58. In section 3(4) of the Data Protection Act 1984 (members of tribunal) for 
the words from "barristers" to the end there shall be substituted— 
"(a) persons who have a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) advocates or solicitors in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; or 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 149 
(c) members of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitors of the ScH. 10 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing." 
Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 (c. 17) 
Umpire hearing appeals from Reinstatement Committee 
59. In paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of 
Employment) Act 1985 (persons appointed to hear appeals from Reinstatement 
Committee) for the words "unless he is a barrister" to the end there shall be 
substituted "unless— 
(a) he has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning of 
section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' 
standing; or 
(c) he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) 
Director of Public Prosecutions 
60. In section 2(2) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (the Director of 
Public Prosecutions) for the words "barrister" to the end there shall be 
substituted "person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning 
of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Crown Prosecutors 
61.—(l) In section 1(3) of that Act (Crown Prosecutors) for the words "who is 
a barrister or solicitor" there shall be substituted "who has a general 
qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990)". 
(2) In section 5(1) of that Act (conduct of prosecutions by barristers or 
solicitors) for the words from "who is" to "authority" there shall be substituted 
"who has a general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts 
and Legal Services Act 1990)". 
Interception of Communications Act 1985 (c. 56) 
62. In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Interception of Communications 
Act 1985 (members of tribunal) for the words from "a barrister" to the end there 
shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) 
Questions of construction 
63. In section 48(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (action taken in 
reliance on counsel's opinion on matter of construction) for the words "barrister 
of at least ten years' standing" there shall be substituted "person who has a 10 
year High Court qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and 
Legal Services Act 1990,". 
150 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 10 Assessor to Discipline and Appeals Committee of the Council of Licensed 
Con veyancers 
64. In paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to that Act (barrister to advise Discipline 
and Appeals Committee) for the words "barrister" to the end there shall be 
substituted "person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the meaning 
of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990." 
Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) 
Transport Tribunal 
65. For paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985 (president and 
chairman of Transport Tribunal) there shall be substituted— 
"(2) The president of the tribunal shall be— 
(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
or 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing. 
(2A) Each chairman shall be— 
(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of that section; or 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing." 
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c. 14) 
66. In section 12(5) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (person 
appointed to receive representations) for the words "a barrister, solicitor or 
advocate of at least 7 years' standing" there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing,". 
Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) 
Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal 
67. In paragraph l(1)(a) of Schedule 7 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (members of 
the tribunal) for the words "are barristers, advocates or solicitors, in each case of 
at least 7 years' standing" there shall be substituted— 
"(i) have a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning 
of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(ii) are advocates or solicitors in Scotland of at least 7 years' 
standing,". 
Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53) 
68. In section 47(3) of the Building Societies Act 1986 (chairman of appeal 
tribunal) for the words "a barrister, solicitor or advocate of at least seven years' 
standing" there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; 
or 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 151 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the ScH. 10 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing;". 
Banking Act 1987 (c. 22) 
69. In section 28(3) of the Banking Act 1987 (chairman of appeal tribunal) for 
the words "a barrister, solicitor or advocate of at least seven years' standing" 
there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing". 
Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13) 
Coroner 
70. In section 2(1) of the Coroners Act 1988 (appointment as coroner) for the 
words "unless he is a barrister, solicitor or" there shall be substituted "unless— 
(a) he has a 5 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 
71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; or 
(b) he is a". 
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) 
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 
71 .—( 1) In paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 6 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 
(members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board) for the words from "if 
he is" to the end there shall be substituted "if— 
(a) he has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 
71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland; or 
(c) he holds or has held judicial office in England and Wales; 
(d) he holds or has held judicial office in Scotland." 
(2) For paragraphs 2(8)(a) and (b) of that Schedule (requirement to obtain 
consent before removal from office) there shall be substituted— 
"(a) in the case of a member who qualifies for appointment under sub- 
paragraph (2)(a) or (c), with the consent of the Lord Chancellor; 
and 
(b) in the case of a member who qualifies for appointment under sub- 
paragraph (2)(b) or (d), with the consent of the Lord President of 
the Court of Session." 
Assessor of compensation for miscarriages ofjustice 
72.—( 1) In Schedule 12 to that Act (appointment as assessor of compensation 
for miscarriages of justice) for paragraph 1(a) to (c) there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland; 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' 
standing;". 
152 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 10 (2) For paragraph 6(a) and (b) of that Schedule (requirement to obtain 
consent before removal from office) there shall be substituted— 
"(a) in the case of a person who qualifies for appointment under 
paragraph 1(a) or (c), or paragraph 1(d) by virtue of holding or 
having held judicial office in England and Wales or Northern 
Ireland, with the consent of the Lord Chancellor; and 
(b) in the case of a person who qualifies for appointment under 
paragraph 1(b), or paragraph 1(d) by virtue of holding or having 
held judicial office in Scotland, with the consent of the Lord 
President of the Court of Session." 
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) 
Copyright Tribunal 
73. In section 145(3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 
(chairman of Copyright Tribunal) for the words from "unless he is a barrister" 
to the end there shall be substituted "unless— 
(a) he has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of 
the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; 
(c) he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing; or 
(d) he has held judicial office." 
Security Service Act 1989 (c. 5) 
74. In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Security Service Act 1989 (members of 
tribunal) for the words from "a barrister" to the end there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
Opticians Act 1989 (c. 44) 
Assessor to Disciplinary Committee 
75. In section 22(1) of the Opticians Act 1989 (assessor to Disciplinary 
Committee of the General Optical Council) for the words "a barrister" to the end 
there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a person who has a 10 year general qualification, within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; 
(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; 
or 
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the 
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' 
standing." 
SCHEDULE 11 
Section 75. JUDGES ETC BARRED FROM LEGAL PRACTICE 
The following are the offices for the purposes of section 75— 
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 153 
Lord Justice of Appeal ScH. 11 
Puisne judge of the High Court 
Circuit judge 
District judge, including district judge of the principal registry of the Family 
Division 
Master of the Queen's Bench Division 
Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and 
Registrar of Criminal Appeals 
Admiralty Registrar 
Master of the Chancery Division 
Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court 
Taxing Master of the Supreme Court 
Registrar of Civil Appeals 
Master of the Court of Protection 
District probate registrar 
Judge Advocate General 
Vice Judge Advocate General 
Assistant or Deputy Judge Advocate General 
Stipendiary Magistrate 
Social Security Commissioner appointed under section 97 of the Social 1975 c. 14. 
Security Act 1975 
President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal 
Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal appointed under Schedule 10 
to that Act 
President of Industrial Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal appointed S.!. 1965/1 101. 
under the Industrial Tribunals (England and Wales) Regulations 1965 
President or member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal appointed under 
Schedule 5 to the Immigration Act 1971 1971 c. 77. 
Member of the Lands Tribunal appointed under section 2 of the Lands 1949 c. 42. 
Tribunal Act 1949 
President of Value Added Tax Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal 
appointed under Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1983 1983 c. 55. 
Special Commissioner appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management 1970 c. 9. 
Act 1970 
Charity Commissioner appointed under the First Schedule to the Charities 1960 c. 58. 
Act 1960 
Coroner appointed under section 2 of the Coroners Act 1988. 1988 c. 13. 
SCHEDULE 12 Section 79(2). 
WIDOWERS' PENSIONS: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 
The following are the provisions which are inserted in the 1981 Act as Part IV 
of Schedule 2— 
"PART IV 
WIDOWERS' PENSIONS 
General 
24. In this Part of this Schedule— 
"the commencement date" means the date on which Schedule 12 to 
the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 came into force; 
154 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 12 "the publication date" means the date of publication, by order of the 
House of Lords, of the Bill for the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990, that is to say 7th December 1989; and 
"member" means a female person who holds judicial office and to or 
in respect of whom benefits are payable under this Act, or the 
1961 c. 42. Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961, on her retirement. 
Service wholly before the commencement date 
25. Subject to paragraph 26, no widower's pension shall be payable in 
respect of a member who retires on or before the commencement date. 
Members retiring between publication and commencement date 
26.—( 1) A member who retires— 
(a) on or after the publication date; but 
(b) before the commencement date, 
may, before the end of the period of six months beginning with the 
commencement date, opt for her husband to be entitled to a widower's 
pension on her death. 
(2) Regulations may make provision as to— 
(a) the manner and form in which an option under this paragraph is 
to be exercised; 
(b) the payment, by any member exercising such an option, of a 
contribution towards the cost of liability for the widower's 
pension; and 
(c) the annual value of a widower's pension granted as a result of the 
exercise of the option given by this paragraph. 
Service partly before and partly after the commencement date 
27.—(l) No widower's pension shall be payable in respect of a member 
who— 
(a) holds judicial office on or before the commencement date; and 
(b) continues to do so after that date, 
unless, before the end of the period of six months beginning with that date, 
she opts for her husband to be entitled to a widower's pension on her death. 
(2) A member exercising such an option shall specify whether the annual 
value of the widower's pension is to be calculated— 
(a) under sub-paragraph (3); or 
(b) on the assumption that all her relevant service fell after the 
commencement date. 
(3) Where the annual value of a widower's pension falls to be calculated 
under this sub-paragraph its value shall be determined by applying the 
formula— 
WP1 = WP2 x RS1 
RS2 
where— 
WP1 is the annual value of the widower's pension, 
WP2 is the annual value of the widower's pension that would be 
payable on the assumption mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b), 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 155 
RS I is the length of the member's relevant service after the ScH. 12 
commencement date, and 
RS2 is the whole of her relevant service. 
(4) No period of service during which an election under section 14A is in 
force in respect of the member concerned shall be taken into account for 
the purposes of any calculation under sub-paragraph (3). 
(5) For the purposes of this paragraph there shall be left out of account 
so much (if any) of the relevant service before the commencement date as 
does not add to the amount of the personal pension and accordingly this 
paragraph shall not apply if none of the relevant service before that date 
adds to the amount of the personal pension. 
Pension not wholly attributable to service after 17 April 1973 
28.—(1) This paragraph applies to a member who, apart from this 
paragraph, would be a person to whom paragraph 15 or 16 of Part II of this 
Schedule applies. 
(2) Where such a member has exercised an option under paragraph 26 
or 27, this paragraph shall apply in respect of her, and paragraph 15 or, as 
the case may be, paragraph 16 shall cease to apply. 
(3) For the purposes of calculating the annual value of— 
(a) the widower's pension payable in respect of such a member; and 
(b) any children's pension so payable, 
the member shall be treated as if none of her relevant service fell before 18 
April 1973." 
SCHEDULE 13 Section 81. 
TRANSFER OF ACCRUED BENEFITS 
The following are the provisions which are inserted in the Judicial Pensions 1981 c. 20. 
Act 1981, as Schedule 1A— 
"SCHEDULE IA 
TRANSFER OF ACCRUED BENEFITS 
PART I 
GENERAL 
Interpretation 
1. In this Schedule--— 
"authorised insurance company" means an insurance company 
authorised under section 3 or 4 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 c. 50. 
1982 (or any similar previous enactment) to carry on ordinary 
long-term insurance business; 
"disregarded service", in relation to any member of a scheme, means 
any period of service in judicial office during which an election 
under section I 4A(9) above is in force in respect of the qualifying 
member; 
"normal pension age" means the earliest age at which, if his service 
had continued until retirement at that age, a member of a scheme 
might have been entitled to receive a pension under the scheme; 
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations; 
"protected rights" has the same meaning as in the Social Security 1975 c. 60 
Pensions Act 1975 and, in relation to Northern Ireland, the Social S.I. 1975/1503 
Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975; (N.!. 15). 
F 
156 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 13 "qualifying member" means a person to whom Part II of this Schedule 
applies; 
"qualifying service" means the service, or relevant service, by 
reference to which a qualifying member's entitlement to benefit 
under the scheme is calculated; and 
"scheme" means the relevant occupational pension scheme 
1961 c. 42. constituted by this Act or the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) Act 
1961. 
Regulations 
2. Regulations for the purposes of this Schedule— 
(a) may be made, with the concurrence of the Treasury, by the Lord 
Chancellor or, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State; 
(b) shall be made by statutory instrument; 
(c) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either 
House of Parliament; 
(d) may make different provision for different cases; and 
(e) may make provision for consequential, transitional and incidental 
matters. 
Other provisions about transfer values 
1975 c. 60. 3. Part II of Schedule 1A to the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 
S.I. 1975/1503 (transfer values) and Part II of Schedule IA to the Social Security Pensions 
(N.I.15). (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 (corresponding Northern Ireland 
provisions) shall not apply in relation to those schemes to which this 
Schedule applies. 
PART II 
TRANSFERS OUT 
Qualifying members 
4.—(l) Where the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) are 
satisfied, this Part of this Schedule applies to any person— 
(a) to or in respect of whom benefits are payable under a scheme; and 
(b) whose qualifying service ends after this Schedule comes into force. 
(2) The conditions are that— 
(a) his qualifying service ends at least one year before he reaches 
normal pension age; and 
(b) on the date on which it ends— 
(i) he has accrued rights to benefit under the scheme; or 
(ii) he would have such rights if his service in judicial office 
had also ended on that date. 
Qua! jfying member right to a transfer payment 
5.—(1) When his qualifying service ends, a qualifying member acquires 
a right to the cash equivalent at the relevant date of any benefits— 
(a) which have accrued to, or in respect of him, under the scheme; or 
(b) where service of his in judicial office is disregarded service, which 
would have so accrued if his service in judicial office had ended on 
the same date as that on which his qualifying service ended. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 157 
(2) In this paragraph "the relevant date" means— ScH. 13 
(a) the date when the qualifying member's qualifying service ends; or 
(b) the date of any application which he has made under paragraph 6 
and which has not been withdrawn, 
whichever is the later. 
Method of taking cash benefit 
6.—(1) A qualifying member who acquires a right to a cash equivalent 
under paragraph 5 may only take it by exercising the option conferred by 
this paragraph. 
(2) The option is that of requiring the Treasury to use the cash 
equivalent in whichever of the following ways the qualifying member 
chooses— 
(a) for acquiring transfer credits allowed under the rules of another 
occupational pension scheme— 
(i) whose trustees or managers are able and willing to accept 
him; and 
(ii) which satisfies prescribed requirements; 
(b) for acquiring rights allowed under the rules of a personal pension 
scheme— 
(i) whose trustees or managers are able and willing to accept 
him; and 
(ii) which satisfies prescribed requirements; 
(c) for purchasing from one or more authorised insurance 
companies— 
(i) chosen by the qualifying member; and 
(ii) willing to accept payment on his account from the 
Treasury, 
one or more annuities which satisfy prescribed requirements; 
(d) for subscribing to other pension arrangements which satisfy 
prescribed requirements. 
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the power to prescribe 
requirements under sub-paragraph (2), such requirements may provide 
that pension arrangements or a scheme or annuity must satisfy such 
requirements of the Inland Revenue as may be prescribed. 
(4) A qualifying member may exercise his option in different ways in 
relation to different portions of his cash equivalent. 
(5) A qualifying member who exercises his option must do so in relation 
to the whole of his cash equivalent or, where sub-paragraph (6) applies, in 
relation to the whole of the reduced cash equivalent. 
(6) Where— 
(a) the trustees or managers of— 
(i) an occupational pension scheme which is not a 
contracted-out scheme, or 
(ii) a personal pension scheme which is not an appropriate 
scheme under section 2 of the Social Security Act 1986, Article 1986 c. 50. 
4 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 or under SI. 1986/1888 
any prescribed provision, or (N.!. 18). 
(iii) a self-employed pension arrangement within the 
meaning of regulation 2D of the Occupational Pension S.!. 1985/1931. 
Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 1985, regulation 2D of 
the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) SR. 1985 No. 358 
158 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 13 Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985, regulation 2A of the 
S.!. 1987/1112. Personal Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 
1987, regulation 2A of the Personal Pension Schemes (Transfer 
S.R. 1987 No. Values) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 or any other 
290. prescribed provision, 
are able or willing to accept a transfer payment only in respect of 
a qualifying member's rights other than his accrued rights to a 
guaranteed minimum pension or his protected rights; and 
(b) the member has not required the Treasury to use the portion of his 
cash equivalent which represents a guaranteed minimum pension 
or protected rights in any of the ways specified in sub-paragraph 
(2), 
paragraph 5, this paragraph and paragraph 7 are to be read as conferring 
on the member an option only in respect of the reduced cash equivalent. 
(7) In this paragraph "reduced cash equivalent" means a sum equal to 
the balance of the cash equivalent to which the qualifying member would 
be entitled if sub-paragraph (6) did not apply, after deduction of an amount 
sufficient for the Treasury to meet its liability in respect of the member's 
guaranteed minimum pension or protected rights or those of his widow, or 
her widower. 
Calculation of cash equivalents 
7.—(1) Cash equivalents are to be calculated and verified in the 
prescribed manner. 
(2) Regulations made under sub-paragraph (1) may, in particular, 
provide— 
(a) that in calculating cash equivalents account shall be taken— 
(i) of any surrender or forfeiture of the whole or part of a 
qualifying member's pension which occurs before the Treasury 
does what is needed to comply with the choice made by him in 
exercising his option; 
(ii) in a case where paragraph 6(6) applies, of the need to 
deduct an appropriate amount to provide a guaranteed 
minimum pension or give effect to protected rights; and 
(b) that in prescribed circumstances a qualifying member's cash 
equivalent shall be increased or reduced. 
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (2), the 
circumstances that may be specified by virtue of paragraph (b) of that sub- 
paragraph include the length of time which elapses between the 
termination of a qualifying member's qualifying service and his exercise of 
the option conferred by paragraph 6. 
Time within which option must be exercised 
8.—(1) A qualifying member may only exercise his option on or before 
the last option date. 
(2) The last option date is— 
(a) the date which falls one year before the date on which the 
qualifying member reaches normal pension age; or 
(b) the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on 
which his qualifying service ends, 
whichever is the later. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 159 
(3) A qualifying member loses the right to any cash equivalent under this ScH. 13 
Schedule if— 
(a) his pension becomes payable before he reaches normal pension 
age; or 
(b) he fails to exercise his option on or before the last option date. 
Option to be exercised in writing 
9.—(1) A qualifying member may only exercise his option by making an 
application in writing to the Treasury. 
(2) In any case where— 
(a) a qualifying member has exercised his option; and 
(b) the Treasury has done what is needed to comply with the choice 
made by him in exercising his option, 
the Treasury shall be discharged from any obligation to provide benefits to 
which the cash equivalent related except, in any such cases as are 
mentioned in paragraph 6(6), to the extent that an obligation to provide 
guaranteed minimum pensions or give effect to protected rights continues 
to subsist. 
(3) If the Treasury receives an application under this paragraph, it shall 
be its duty, subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, to do what 
is needed to comply with the choice made by the qualifying member in 
exercising his option-— 
(a) within twelve months of the date on which it receives his 
application; or 
(b) by the date on which he attains normal pension age, 
whichever is the earlier. 
Cancellation of exercise of op tion 
lO.---—(l) A qualifying member may cancel the exercise of his option by 
giving the Treasury notice in writing that he no longer wishes it to be 
exercised. 
(2) No such notice shall have effect if it is given to the Treasury at a time 
when, in order to comply with the choice made by the qualifying member 
in exercising his option, the Treasury has entered into an agreement with a 
third party to use the whole or part of his cash equivalent in a way specified 
in paragraph 6(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d). 
(3) A qualifying member who withdraws an application may make 
another. 
PART III 
TRANSFERS IN 
Application to accept payment into scheme 
11 .—( 1) Where a member of a scheme has asked the appropriate 
Minister to accept a payment representing the cash equivalent of his 
accrued rights in any other qualifying scheme, that Minister may— 
(a) to the extent to which it does not exceed the prescribed limit, 
accept the payment or any part of it; or 
(b) refuse to accept the payment or any part of it. 
(2) A request under sub-paragraph (I) must be made— 
(a) in writing; 
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SCH. 13 (b) before the person making it has reached normal pension age; and 
(c) not less than one year before he becomes entitled to a pension on 
retirement from his qualifying service. 
(3) In this paragraph— 
"the prescribed limit" means the limit prescribed by regulations made 
by virtue of paragraph 13(a); 
"qualifying scheme" means— 
(a) an occupational pension scheme, a personal pension 
scheme, or an annuity purchased from an authorised insurance 
company, which satisfies prescribed requirements; or 
(b) other prescribed pension arrangements; and 
"the appropriate Minister" means the Lord Chancellor, or, in relation 
to a member serving in an office existing only in Scotland, the 
Secretary of State. 
Cancellation of request 
1 2.——( 1) A member may, by notice in writing given to the appropriate 
Minister, cancel a request made by him under paragraph 11, at any time 
before it has been accepted. 
(2) A transferring member who withdraws an application may make 
another. 
Regulations 
13. Regulations may— 
(a) prescribe limits on the amounts which the appropriate Minister 
may accept under paragraph 11(1) above; 
(b) make provision as to the manner in which payments are to be 
accepted into a scheme under this Part of this Schedule; 
(c) make provision as to the benefits which are to be provided to a 
member to reflect any such payment accepted with respect to him; 
(d) prescribe formulae, based on tables of factors provided by the 
Government Actuary, to be used when performing any 
calculation relating to the acceptance of transfer payments or the 
provision of benefits." 
Section 89. SCHEDULE 14 
FOREIGN LAWYERS: 
PARTNERSHIPS AND RECOGNISED BODIES 
PART I 
REGISTRATION 
General 
1. In this Schedule— 
1974 c. 47. "the Act of 1974" means the Solicitors Act 1974; 
"controlled trust" means, in relation to a registered foreign lawyer who is a 
member of a multi-national partnership, a trust of which he is a sole 
trustee or co-trustee only with one or more of the employees or other 
partners of that partnership and of which he is a trustee by virtue of his 
being a member of that partnership; 
"the Council" means the Council of the Law Society; 
"the register" means the register maintained by the Society under section 89; 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 161 
"registration" means registration in that register; ScH. 14 
"the Society" means the Law Society; and 
"the Tribunal" means the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. 
Application for registration 
2.—(l) An application for registration or for renewal of registration— 
(a) shall be made to the Society in such form as the Council may prescribe; 
and 
(b) shall be accompanied by such fee as the Council may, with the 
concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, prescribe. 
(2) Where such an application is duly made by a foreign lawyer, the Law 
Society may register the applicant if it is satisfied that the legal profession of 
which the applicant is a member is one which is so regulated as to make it 
appropriate— 
(a) for solicitors to enter into multi-national partnerships with members of 
that profession; and 
(b) for members of that profession to be officers of recognised bodies. 
(3) Any registration may be made subject to such conditions as the Society 
sees fit to impose. 
(4) The Council may make regulations, with the concurrence of the Master of 
the Rolls, with respect to— 
(a) the keeping of the register (including the manner in which entries are to 
be made, altered or removed); and 
(b) applications for registration or renewal of registration. 
(5) The register may be kept by means of a computer. 
Duration of registration 
3.—-( 1) Every registration shall have effect from the beginning of the day on 
which it is entered in the register. 
(2) The Council may make regulations— 
(a) prescribing the date ("the renewal date") by which each registered 
foreign lawyer must apply for his registration to be renewed; and 
(b) requiring every entry in the register to specify the renewal date 
applicable to that registration. 
(3) Any such regulations may— 
(a) provide different renewal dates for different categories of registered 
foreign lawyer or different circumstances; 
(b) provide for the Society to specify, in the case of individual registered 
foreign lawyers, different renewal dates to those prescribed by the 
regulations; 
(c) make such transitional, incidental and supplemental provision in 
connection with any provision for different renewal dates as the 
Council considers expedient. 
(4) Where a foreign lawyer is registered, the Society may cancel his 
registration if— 
(a) the renewal date for his registration has passed but he has not applied 
for it to be renewed; or 
(b) he has applied to the Society for it to be cancelled. 
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ScH. 14 Evidence as to registration 
4. Any certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Society and 
stating that a particular foreign lawyer— 
(a) is, or is not, registered; or 
(b) was registered during a period specified in the certificate, 
shall, unless the contrary is proved, be evidence of that fact and be taken to have 
been so signed. 
PART II 
REGISTERED FOREIGN LAWYERS: 
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 
Intervention in practices 
5.—(l) In this paragraph "the intervention powers" means the powers 
conferred by Part II of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1974 (intervention in solicitors' 
practices) as modified by this Schedule or under section 89. 
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the intervention powers shall be 
exercisable in relation to a person who is or has been a registered foreign lawyer 
and the practice of the multi-national partnership of which he is or was a member 
as they are exercisable in relation to a solicitor and his practice. 
(3) The intervention powers are only exercisable where— 
(a) the Council have reason to suspect dishonesty on the part of the 
registered foreign lawyer, or on the part of an employee of the multi- 
national partnership, in connection with— 
(i) the practice of that partnership; or 
(ii) any trust of which the registered foreign lawyer is or was a 
trustee by virtue of his being a member of that partnership; 
(b) in the case of a registered foreign lawyer who has died, the Council have 
reason to suspect dishonesty on the part of his personal representative, 
in connection with— 
(i) the practice of the multi-national partnership; or 
(ii) any trust of which the registered foreign lawyer was a trustee 
by virtue of his being a member of that partnership; 
(c) the Council are satisfied that the registered foreign lawyer has failed to 
comply with rules made under section 32 or 37(2)(c) of the Act of 1974; 
(d) a bankruptcy order (as defined in paragraph 10(3)) has been made 
against him or he has made a composition or arrangement with his 
creditors; 
(e) he has been committed to prison in any civil or criminal proceedings; 
(I) the powers conferred by section 98 (emergency powers) or 99 
1983 c. 20. (appointment of receiver) of the Mental Health Act 1983 have been 
exercised in respect of him; 
(g) his name has been struck off the register or his registration has been 
suspended or cancelled; 
(h) he has purported to act as a member of a multi-national partnership at 
a time when he was not registered; 
(i) the Council are satisfied that he has failed to comply with any condition, 
subject to which he is registered, to the effect that— 
(i) he may only be a member of a partnership which is approved 
by the Society; or 
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(ii) he may only be an officer of a recognised body which is so ScH. 14 
approved; or 
(iii) he may only be such a member or such an officer. 
(4) The intervention powers shall only be exercisable under sub-paragraph 
(3)(c) if the Society has given the foreign lawyer notice— 
(a) that the Council are satisfied that he has failed to comply with rules 
specified in the notice; and 
(b) that the intervention powers are accordingly exercisable. 
(5) The intervention powers (other than those conferred by paragraphs 5 and 
10 of Part II of Schedule I to the Act of 1974) shall also be exercisable where— 
(a) a complaint is made to the Society that there has been undue delay on 
the part of a registered foreign lawyer in connection with— 
(i) any matter in which he, or the multi-national partnership of 
which he is or was a member, was instructed on behalf of a client; or 
(ii) any controlled trust; 
(b) the Society by notice invites the registered foreign lawyer to give an 
explanation within a period (of not less than 8 days) specified in the 
notice; 
(c) the registered foreign lawyer fails within that period to give an 
explanation which the Council regard as satisfactory; and 
(d) the Society gives notice of the failure to the registered foreign lawyer and 
notice that the intervention powers are accordingly exercisable. 
(6) Where the intervention powers are exercisable in relation to a registered 
foreign lawyer, they shall continue to be exercisable— 
(a) at any time when his registration is suspended; 
(b) after his name has been struck off the register or his registration has been 
cancelled; or 
(c) after his death. 
(7) Part II of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1974 shall have effect in relation to the 
intervention powers exercisable by virtue of this Schedule, subject to— 
(a) any express modifications made under section 89; and 
(b) any modifications necessary in the light of this paragraph. 
(8) For the purposes of this paragraph, Part II of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1974 
shall be read with paragraph 4(2) of Part I of that Schedule. 
(9) The notices required to be given by this paragraph must be in writing but 
need not be given at the same time. 
The Compensation Fund 
6.—( 1) Where the Council are satisfied— 
(a) that a person has suffered or is likely to suffer loss in consequence of 
dishonesty on the part of a registered foreign lawyer, or of an employee 
of a registered foreign lawyer, in connection with the practice of the 
multi-national partnership of which the foreign lawyer is or was a 
member or in connection with any trust of which that foreign lawyer is 
or was a trustee by virtue of his being a member of that partnership; or 
(b) that a person has suffered or is likely to suffer hardship in consequence 
of failure on the part of a registered foreign lawyer to account for 
money which has come to his hands in connection with the practice of 
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SCH. 14 the multi-national partnership of which he is or was a member, or in 
connection with any trust of which he is or was a trustee by virtue of his 
being a member of that partnership; or 
(c) that a registered foreign lawyer has suffered or is likely to suffer loss or 
hardship by reason of his liability to any client of his, or of the multi- 
national partnership of which he is or was a member, in consequence of 
some act or default of any of his partners or employees in circumstances 
where but for the liability of that registered foreign lawyer a grant 
might have been made out of the Compensation Fund to some other 
person, 
the Society may make a grant out of the Compensation Fund for the purpose of 
relieving that loss or hardship. 
(2) Section 36 of the Act of 1974 (Compensation Fund) shall apply with the 
necessary modifications in relation to grants under this paragraph as it applies in 
relation to grants under that section. 
Contributions to the Fund 
7.—(1) On an application for registration, a foreign lawyer shall pay to the 
Society a contribution to the Compensation Fund ("the initial contribution") of 
such amount as the Council may from time to time determine. 
(2) On each application for renewal of his registration, a registered foreign 
lawyer shall pay to the Society— 
(a) a contribution of such amount as the Council may from time to time 
determine ("the annual contribution"); and 
(b) where it appears from his application that— 
(i) he has, at any time during the period specified in the 
application, held or received clients' money in connection with a 
multi-national partnership of which he is, or was, a member; or 
(ii) he is, or was at any time during that period, an officer of a 
recognised body which has, at any time during that period, held or 
received clients' money, 
a further contribution ("the special levy") of such amount as the 
Council may from time to time determine. 
(3) The Council may make rules providing, in circumstances specified by the 
rules, for a foreign lawyer— 
(a) to pay a reduced initial or annual contribution or special levy; or 
(b) not to be required to pay such a contribution or levy. 
(4) Any rules under sub-paragraph (3) shall be made with the concurrence of 
the Master of the Rolls. 
Accountants' reports 
8.—(l) Unless the Council are satisfied that it is unnecessary for him to do so, 
every registered foreign lawyer shall, once in each period of twelve months 
ending with 31st October, deliver to the Society (whether by post or otherwise) a 
report signed by an accountant and containing such information as may be 
prescribed by rules made by the Council under section 34 of the Act of 1974 
(accountants' reports). 
(2) The provisions of that section shall apply in relation to accountants' 
reports required by this paragraph, and registered foreign lawyers, as they apply 
in relation to accountants' reports required by subsection (1) of that section and 
solicitors. 
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Cert?fication for purposes of investment business ScH. 14 
9. For the purposes of enabling the Law Society to issue certificates under Part 
I of the Financial Services Act 1986 (regulation of investment business) to any 1986 c. 60. 
multi-national partnership or to any recognised body managed or controlled by 
solicitors and one or more registered foreign lawyers— 
(a) the Society shall be taken to be the appropriate professional body for 
that purpose; 
(b) the registered foreign lawyer concerned shall be treated— 
(i) as if he were a member of the Society; and 
(ii) as if he were a solicitor for the purposes of paragraph 2(3) of 
Schedule 3 to the Act of 1986 (requirements for recognition of 
professional body); and 
(c) Part I of that Act shall have effect subject to any modifications which the 
Secretary of State sees fit to make by order under this paragraph with a 
view to enabling certificates to be issued to such partnerships or such 
recognised bodies. 
Effect of bankruptcy 
lO.—(l) The registration of any foreign lawyer against whom a bankruptcy 
order is made shall be suspended on the making of that order. 
(2) The suspension of any registration by reason of a bankruptcy order shall 
terminate if the order is annulled and an office copy of the order annulling it is 
served on the Society. 
(3) In sub-paragraph (1), "bankruptcy order" includes any order which is not 
a bankruptcy order but which has the same, or a similar, effect under the law in 
force in any territory outside England and Wales. 
Effect of disciplinary action 
11 .—( 1) Where a registered foreign lawyer is struck off, or suspended from 
practice, his registration shall be suspended. 
(2) In sub-paragraph (1) "struck off" and "suspended from practice" mean— 
(a) any action taken within the jurisdiction by reference to which the 
registered foreign lawyer is qualified to be registered; or 
(b) where the registered foreign lawyer is qualified to be registered by 
reference to more than one jurisdiction, any action taken within any 
one of those jurisdictions, 
which is the equivalent, respectively, of a solicitor being struck off the roll or 
suspended from practice under the Act of 1974. 
Re-instatement of disciplined foreign lawyer 
l2.—(1) Where a person's registration has been suspended by virtue of 
paragraph 11, it shall be revived— 
(a) if his right to practise in the jurisdiction in question is restored; and 
(b) a copy of the instrument restoring his right, certified to be a true copy 
by an officer of the appropriate court in the jurisdiction in question, or 
the professional body concerned, is served on the Society. 
(2) Where a person whose registration is suspended by virtue of paragraph 11 
applies to the Society for the suspension to be terminated, the Society may 
terminate it subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit to impose. 
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SCH. 14 Effective date of revived registration 
13. Where a foreign lawyer's registration is revived (whether as the result of the 
termination of its suspension, restoration by order of the Tribunal or for any 
other reason), that revival shall take effect on such date, and subject to such 
conditions, as the Society may direct. 
Appeal against conditions or refusals 
14.—(1) Any foreign lawyer may appeal to the Master of the Rolls against— 
(a) the refusal of the Society to register him or to renew his registration; 
(b) the refusal of the Society to terminate the suspension of his registration 
on an application made by him under paragraph 12; 
(c) the failure of the Society to deal with any application by him for 
registration, renewal of registration or the termination (under 
paragraph 12(2)) of a suspension within a reasonable time; or 
(d) any condition imposed by the Society under paragraph 2(3), 12(2) or 13. 
(2) An appeal under sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (d) must be brought within 
the period of one month beginning with the date on which the Society notifies the 
applicant of its decision on his application. 
(3) On an appeal to him under this paragraph, the Master of the Rolls may 
make such order as he thinks fit. 
Jurisdiction and powers of Disciplinary Tribunal 
15.—(1) Subject to paragraph 16, section 46 of the Act of 1974 (Solicitors 
Disciplinary Tribunal) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation 
to applications and complaints made by virtue of any provision of this Schedule 
as it applies in relation to applications and complaints made by virtue of any 
provision of that Act. 
(2) Any application— 
(a) to strike the name of a foreign lawyer off the register; 
(b) to require a registered foreign lawyer to answer allegations in an 
affidavit; 
(c) to suspend the registration of a foreign lawyer for a specified or 
indefinite period; 
(d) by a foreign lawyer whose name has been struck off the register by order 
of the Tribunal to have his name restored to the register; 
(e) by a foreign lawyer whose registration has been suspended for an 
indefinite period by order of the Tribunal for the termination of that 
suspension, 
shall be made to the Tribunal. 
(3) Any person who alleges that a registered foreign lawyer has failed to 
comply with any rule made under section 31, 32, 34, or 37 of the Act of 1974 may 
make a complaint to the Tribunal. 
(4) On the hearing of any application or complaint made to the Tribunal with 
respect to a foreign lawyer, the Tribunal shall have power to make such order as 
it may think fit, and any such order may in particular include provision for any 
of the following matters— 
(a) the striking off the register of the name of the foreign lawyer to whom 
the application or complaint relates; 
(b) the suspension of that foreign lawyer's registration indefinitely or for a 
specified period; 
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(c) the payment by that foreign lawyer of a penalty not exceeding £5,000, SCH. 14 
which shall be forfeit to Her Majesty; 
(d) the termination of that foreign lawyer's unspecified period of 
suspension from registration; 
(e) the restoration to the register of the name of a foreign lawyer which has 
been struck off the register; 
(f) the payment by any party of costs or a contribution towards costs of 
such amount as the Tribunal may consider reasonable. 
(5) Any order made under subsection (4) of section 47 of the Act of 1974 
varying the maximum amount of the penalty which may be imposed under 
subsection (2)(c) of that section may make the same variation in the 
corresponding amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(c). 
Foreign lawyers assisting the Tribunal 
16.—(l) For the purposes of section 46 of the Act of 1974 (Solicitors 
Disciplinary Tribunal), the Tribunal may make rules providing for it to be 
assisted, in dealing with any application or complaint of a kind mentioned in 
paragraph 15, by a member of the legal profession in the jurisdiction by reference 
to which the foreign lawyer is or was qualified to be registered. 
(2) Rules under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be made without the concurrence 
of the Master of the Rolls. 
(3) Subsection (12) of section 46 of the Act of 1974 (rules to be made by 
statutory instrument etc.) shall apply to rules made under this paragraph as it 
applies to rules made under subsection (9) of that section. 
Appeals from Tribunal 
l7.—(l) An Appeal from the Tribunal shall lie— 
(a) in the case of an order on an application under paragraph I 5(2)(d) or 
(e), or the refusal of any such application, to the Master of the Rolls; 
(h) in the case of any other order or refusal under paragraph 15, to the High 
Court. 
(2) The High Court and the Master of the Rolls shall have power to make such 
order on an appeal under this paragraph as they may think fit. 
(3) Any decision of the Master of the Rolls on an appeal under this paragraph 
shall be final. 
(4) The Master of the Rolls may make regulations about appeals to him under 
this paragraph. 
SCHEDULE 15 Section 93(3). 
INADEQUATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 
The following are the provisions which are inserted in the Solicitors Act 1974 1974 c. 47. 
as Schedule 1 A— 
"SCHEDULE 1A 
INADEQUATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 
Circumstances in which Council's powers may be exercised 
1 —(1) The Council may take any of the steps mentioned in paragraph 2 
("the steps") with respect to a solicitor where it appears to them that the 
professional services provided by him in connection with any matter in 
which he or his firm have been instructed by a client have, in any respect, 
not been of the quality which it is reasonable to expect of him as a solicitor. 
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SCH. 15 (2) The Council shall not take any of the steps unless they are satisfied 
that in all the circumstances of the case it is appropriate to do so. 
(3) In determining in any case whether it is appropriate to take any of the 
steps, the Council may— 
(a) have regard to the existence of any remedy which it is reasonable to 
expect to be available to the client in civil proceedings; and 
(b) where proceedings seeking any such remedy have not been begun 
by him, have regard to whether it is reasonable to expect him to 
begin them. 
Directions which may be given 
2.—(l) The steps are— 
(a) determining that the costs to which the solicitor is entitled in 
respect of his services ("the costs") are to be limited to such 
amount as may be specified in the determination and directing 
him to comply, or to secure compliance, with such one or more of 
the permitted requirements as appear to the Council to be 
necessary in order for effect to be given to their determination; 
(b) directing him to secure the rectification, at his expense or at that of 
his firm, of any such error, omission or other deficiency arising in 
connection with the matter in question as they may specify; 
(c) directing him to pay such compensation to the client as the Council 
sees fit to specify in the direction; 
(d) directing him to take, at his expense or at that of his firm, such 
other action in the interests of the client as they may specify. 
(2) The "permitted requirements" are— 
(a) that the whole or part of any amount already paid by or on behalf 
of the client in respect of the costs be refunded; 
(b) that the whole or part of the costs be remitted; 
(c) that the right to recover the costs be waived, whether wholly or to 
any specified extent. 
(3) The power of the Council to take any such steps is not confined to 
cases where the client may have a cause of action against the solicitor for 
negligence. 
Compensation 
3.—(l) The amount specified in a direction by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(c) 
shall not exceed £1,000. 
(2) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument 
amend sub-paragraph (1) by substituting for the sum of £1,000 such other 
sum as he considers appropriate. 
(3) Before making any such order the Lord Chancellor shall consult the 
Law Society. 
(4) Any statutory instrument made under this paragraph shall be subject 
to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. 
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Taxation of costs ScH. 15 
4.—(l) Where the Council have given a direction under paragraph 
2(1)(a), then— 
(a) for the purposes of any taxation of a bill covering the costs, the 
amount charged by the bill in respect of them shall be deemed to 
be limited to the amount specified in the determination; and 
(b) where a bill covering the costs has not been taxed, the client shall, 
for the purposes of their recovery (by whatever means and 
notwithstanding any statutory provision or agreement) be 
deemed to be liable to pay in respect of them only the amount 
specified in the determination. 
(2) Where a bill covering the costs has been taxed, the direction shall, so 
far as it relates to the costs, cease to have effect. 
Failure to comply with direction 
5.—(l) If a solicitor fails to comply with a direction given under this 
Schedule, any person may make a complaint in respect of that failure to the 
Tribunal; but no other proceedings whatever shall be brought in respect of 
it. 
(2) On the hearing of such a complaint the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit 
(and whether or not it makes any order under section 47(2)), direct that the 
direction be treated, for the purpose of enforcement, as if it were contained 
in an order made by the High Court. 
Fees 
6.—(l) The Council may, by regulations made with the concurrence of 
the Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls, make provision for the 
payment, by any client with respect to whom the Council are asked to 
consider whether to take any of the steps, of such fee as may be prescribed. 
(2) The regulations may provide for the exemption of such classes of 
client as may be prescribed. 
(3) Where a client pays the prescribed fee it shall be repaid to him if the 
Council take any of the steps in the matter with respect to which the fee was 
paid. 
(4) In this paragraph "prescribed" means prescribed by the regulations. 
Costs 
7. Where the Council take any of the steps with respect to a solicitor they 
may also direct him to pay to the Council— 
(a) the amount of the fee repayable by the Council to the client under 
paragraph 6(3); and 
(b) an amount which is calculated by the Council as the cost to them of 
dealing with the complaint, or which in their opinion represents a 
reasonable contribution towards that cost. 
Duty of Tribunal 
8. Where the Tribunal— 
(a) is considering, or has considered, an application or complaint with 
respect to a solicitor; and 
(b) is of the opinion that the Council should consider whether to take 
any of the steps with respect to that solicitor, 
it shall inform the Council. 
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ScH. 15 Interpretation 
9. The Council's powers under this Schedule are exercisable in relation 
to a person even though his name has been removed from, or struck off, the 
roll and references to a solicitor in this Schedule, so far as they relate to the 
exercise of those powers, shall be construed accordingly." 
Section 116. SCHEDULE 16 
CHILDREN ACT 1989 
PART I 
AMENDMENT OF ACT AND OTHER ENACTMENTS AFFECTED 
1989 c. 41. 1. In this Part of this Schedule "the Act of 1989" means the Children Act 1989. 
The Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c. 64) 
2.—(l) In section 12(5) of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 (findings of paternity in 
civil proceedings: meaning of "relevant proceedings") for the definition of 
"relevant proceedings" there shall be substituted— 
"'relevant proceedings' means— 
(a) proceedings on a complaint under section 42 of the 
National Assistance Act 1948 or section 26 of the Social 
Security Act 1986; 
(b) proceedings under the Children Act 1989; 
(c) proceedings which would have been relevant 
proceedings for the purposes of this section in the form in 
which it was in force before the passing of the Children Act 
1989." 
(2) Paragraph 24 of Schedule 13 to the Act of 1989 shall be omitted. 
The Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46) 
3. In section 20 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 (tests to establish 
paternity), which was amended by the Act of 1989 in relation to cases where the 
person whose paternity is in issue is under the age of eighteen, for subsection (1A) 
and the words preceding paragraph (a) in subsection (1B), there shall be 
substituted— 
"(1 A) An application for a direction under this section shall specify who 
is to carry out the tests. 
(lB) A direction under this section shall". 
The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54) 
4.—( I) Section 16 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (provisions 
supplementary to section 15) shall be amended as follows. 
(2) In subsection (3)— 
(a) for the words "relevant infant" there shall be substituted "supervised 
person"; and 
(b) the words from "and the justice" to the end shall be omitted. 
(3) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsections— 
"(3A) Where a supervised person is brought before a justice under 
subsection (3) of this section, the justice may— 
(a) direct that he be released forthwith; or 
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(b) subject to subsection (3C) of this section, remand him to local ScH. 16 
authority accommodation. 
(3B) A justice who remands a person to local authority accommodation 
shall designate, as the authority who are to receive him, the authority 
named in the supervision order in respect of which the application or 
reference is being made. 
(3C) Where the supervised person has attained the age of eighteen at the 
time when he is brought before the justice, he shall not be remanded to local 
authority accommodation but may instead be remanded— 
(a) to a remand centre, if the justice has been notified that such a 
centre is available for the reception of persons under this 
subsection; or 
(b) to a prison, if he has not been so notified." 
(4) For subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection— 
"(4) Where an application is made to a court under section 15(1) of this 
Act, the court may remand (or further remand) the supervised person to 
local authority accommodation if— 
(a) a warrant has been issued under subsection (2) of this section for 
the purpose of securing the attendance of the supervised person 
before the court; or 
(b) the court considers that remanding (or further remanding) him 
will enable information to be obtained which is likely to assist the 
court in deciding whether and, if so, how to exercise its powers 
under section 15(1)." 
(5) In subsections (5)(b) and (c) and (6)(a), after the word "1 2A", in each place 
where it occurs, there shall be inserted "1 2AA". 
5.—(l) Section 32 of that Act (detention of absentees), as amended by 
paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1989, shall be further amended as 
follows. 
(2) In the new subsection (lA), in paragraph (b)(ii), for the words "section 
23(1)" there shall be substituted "section l6(3A) or 23(1)". 
(3) In the new subsection (lC), after the words "section 12AA" there shall be 
inserted ", l6(3B)". 
The Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c. 31) 
6.—(l) In paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 to the Administration of Justice Act 1970 
(maintenance orders for purposes of Maintenance Orders Act 1958 and the 
1970 Act) for the words "under section 47 or 51 of the Child Care Act 1980" there 
shall be substituted "— 
(a) made or having effect as if made under paragraph 23 of Schedule 
2 to the Children Act 1989; or 1989 c. 41. 
(b) made under". 
(2) Paragraph 25 of Schedule 13 to the Act of 1989 shall be omitted. 
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ScH. 16 The Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36) 
7. In section 65A of the Adoption Act 1976 (which was inserted by paragraph 
29 of Schedule 10 to the Act of 1989 and which makes similar provision with 
respect to the appointment of panels of guardians ad litem to that made by 
section 41 of the Act of 1989), the following subsection shall be added at the 
end— 
"(4) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make 
such grants with respect to expenditure of any local authority— 
(a) in connection with the establishment and administration of 
guardian ad litem and reporting officer panels in accordance with 
section 65; 
(b) in paying expenses, fees, allowances and in the provision of 
training for members of such panels, 
as he considers appropriate." 
The Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5) 
8. After section 21(2) of the Child Care Act 1980 (power of local authority to 
allow child in care to be under charge and control of parent, etc.) there shall be 
inserted the following subsection— 
"(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2) above and section 22A below 
a child shall be regarded as being under the charge and control of a person 
if he stays with that person for a continuous period of more than 24 hours". 
The Education Act 1981 (c. 60) 
9.—(l) In section 3A(1) of the Education Act 1981 (provision outside 
England and Wales for certain children), which was inserted in that Act by 
paragraph 36 of Schedule 12 to the Act of 1989, after the word "local", where it 
first occurs, there shall be inserted "education". 
(2) That amendment shall be deemed to have been incorporated in section 
3A(l) as originally enacted. 
The Children Act 1989 (c. 41) 
lO.—(l) In section 15(1) of the Children Act 1989 (orders for financial relief 
with respect to children) after the words "provisions or' there shall be inserted 
1969 c. 46. "section 6 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969". 
(2) At the end of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 (financial 
provision for children) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— 
"(7) Where a child is a ward of court, the court may exercise any of its 
powers under this Schedule even though no application has been made to 
it." 
11. In section 2l(2)(c)(i) of the Act of 1989 (provision of accommodation for 
children on remand) after the word "section" there shall be inserted "1 6(3A) or". 
12.—(l) In section 23 of the Act of 1989 (provision of accommodation and 
maintenance made by local authority for children whom they are looking after), 
in subsection (2)(e) after the word "provided" there shall be inserted "in 
accordance with arrangements made". 
(2) After subsection (5) of that section there shall be inserted the following 
subsection— 
"(5A) For the purposes of subsection (5) a child shall be regarded as living with 
a person if he stays with that person for a continuous period of more than 24 
hours". 
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13. At the end of section 24 of the Act of 1989 (advice and assistance) there ScH. 16 
shall be added the following subsections— 
"(14) Every local authority shall establish a procedure for considering 
any representations (including any complaint) made to them by a person 
qualifying for advice and assistance about the discharge of their functions 
under this Part in relation to him. 
(15) In carrying out any consideration of representations under 
subsection (14), a local authority shall comply with any regulations made 
by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection." 
14. In section 27 of the Act of 1989 (co-operation between authorities)— 
(a) in subsection (1) the words "or other person" and the words "or person" 
shall be omitted; and 
(b) in subsection (3) for the word "persons" there shall be substituted 
"authorities" and after the words "health authority" shall be 
inserted "or National Health Service trust". 
15. In section 29 of the Act of 1989 (recoupment of cost of providing services 
etc.), in subsection (9), for the words "expenses reasonably" there shall be 
substituted "reasonable expenses". 
16. In section 37 of the Act of 1989 (powers of court in certain family 
proceedings), in subsection (5)(b) for the words "does not reside" there shall be 
substituted "is not ordinarily resident". 
17. In section 41 of the Act of 1989 (appointment of guardian ad litem for 
child in certain proceedings), the following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(12) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, 
make such grants with respect to expenditure of any local authority— 
(a) in connection with the establishment and administration of 
guardian ad litem panels in accordance with this section; 
(b) in paying expenses, fees, allowances and in the provision of 
training for members of such panels, 
as he considers appropriate." 
18.—(l) Section 42 of the Act of 1989 (right of guardian ad litem to have 
access to local authority records) shall be amended as follows. 
(2) In subsection (1)(a), after the word "authority" there shall he inserted "or 
an authorised person". 
(3) At the end of subsection (1) there shall be added— 
"; or 
(c) any records of, or held by, an authorised person which were 
compiled in connection with the activities of that person, so far as 
those records relate to that child." 
(4) The following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(4) In this section "authorised person" has the same meaning as in 
section 31." 
19. For section 45(10) of the Act of 1989 (appeals against emergency 
protection orders) there shall be substituted— 
"(10) No appeal may be made against— 
(a) the making of, or refusal to make, an emergency protection order; 
(b) the extension of, or refusal to extend, the period during which such 
an order is to have effect; 
(c) the discharge of, or refusal to discharge, such an order; or 
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ScH. 16 (d) the giving of, or refusal to give, any direction in connection with 
such an order." 
20. In section 47(1 1)(d) of the Act of 1989 (persons obliged to assist local 
authority investigations), after the words "health authority" there shall be 
inserted "or National Health Service trust". 
21. In section 81 of the Act of 1989 (power of Secretary of State to hold 
inquiries), in subsection (l)(d) the word "registered" shall be omitted and in 
subsection (l)(f) after the word "provided" there shall be inserted "in accordance 
with arrangements made". 
22. In section 93(2) of the Act of 1989 (rules of court)— 
(a) in paragraph (t) for the words "the United Kingdom" there shall be 
substituted "England and Wales"; and 
(b) in paragraph (g) after the word "is" there shall be inserted "or resides". 
23. In section 94(1) (appeals), for the first word "An" there shall be 
substituted "Subject to any express provisions to the contrary made by or under 
this Act, an". 
24. In section 97(8) of the Act of 1989 (privacy for children involved in certain 
proceedings) for the words "Section 71 of the Act of 1980 (newspaper reports of 
certain proceedings)" there shall be substituted "Sections 69 (sittings of 
magistrates' courts for family proceedings) and 71 (newspaper reports of certain 
proceedings) of the Act of 1980". 
25. In section 108(12) of the Act of 1989 (provisions extending to Northern 
Ireland), in the entry relating to Schedule 14, the word "18" shall be omitted. 
26. In paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1989 (regulations as to 
conditions under which child in care is allowed to live with parent, etc.), the 
following sub-paragraph shall be added at the end— 
"(d) the records to be kept by local authorities." 
27. In Schedule 3 to the Act of 1989 (supervision orders) paragraph 7 shall be 
omitted. 
28.—(1) In Schedule 4 to the Act of 1989 (management and conduct of 
community homes) the word "voluntary" wherever it occurs in paragraph 1(1), 
(2), (4), (5), (8) and (9) shall be omitted. 
(2) In paragraph l(6)(b)(i) of that Schedule, the words "as a voluntary home" 
shall be omitted. 
29. In paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 6 to the Act of 1989 (registered children's 
homes — meaning of "responsible authority") for the word "Part" there shall be 
substituted "Schedule". 
30.—(l) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Act of 1989 (disqualification from 
registration as child minder etc. under section 71) shall be amended as follows. 
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), there shall be added at the end "unless— 
(a) he has disclosed the fact to the appropriate local authority; and 
(b) obtained their written consent." 
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)(g), for "61" there shall be substituted "69". 
31. In Schedule 12 to the Act of 1989 (minor amendments), paragraph 25 
(which amended section 16 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969) shall 
be omitted. 
32. In Schedule 13 to the Act of 1989 (consequential amendments), paragraph 
40 shall be omitted. 
33.—(l) Schedule 14 to the Act of 1989 (transitionals and savings) shall be 
amended as follows. 
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(2) In paragraph 15 (children in compulsory care) at the end of sub-paragraph ScH. 16 
(1) there shall be added "; or— 
(h) in care by virtue of an order of the court made in the exercise of the High 
Court's inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,". 
(3) Tn paragraph 16 (modifIcations)— 
(a) in sub-paragraph (4), for the word "(g)" there shall be substituted "(h)"; 
and 
(b) in sub-paragraph (5) for the words from "under" to "1973" there shall 
be substituted "— 
(a) under section 4(4)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973; 
(b) under section 43(5)(a) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; or 
(c) in the exercise of the High Court's inherent jurisdiction with 
respect to children,". 
(4) After paragraph 16 there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 
"Cessation of wardship where ward in care 
I 6A. Where a child who is a ward of court is in care by virtue of— 
(a) an order under section 7(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1969; 
or 
(b) an order made in the exercise of the High Court's inherent 
jurisdiction with respect to children, 
he shall, on the day on which Part IV commences, cease to be a ward of 
court." 
(5) In paragraph 22(a) for the word "(g)" there shall be substituted "(h)". 
(6) In paragraph 36(5)(b) for the words "subsection (4)" there shall be 
substituted "subsection (6)". 
PART II 
FURTHER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 
The Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c. 37) 
34. In section 15(l)(a) of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (service of 
process), for sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv) there shall be substituted— 
"(iii) section 92 of and Schedule 11 to the Children Act 1989 c. 41. 
1989; or 
(iv) section 93(2)(g) of that Act (including that provision as 
applied in relation to Northern Ireland by section 116(3) of the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990)". 
35. In section l6(2)(a) of that Act (application of Part II)— 
(a) for sub-paragraph (iii) there shall be substituted— 
"(iii) Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989"; and 
(b) in sub-paragraph (v), for the words "section 47 of the Child Care Act 1980 c. 5. 
1980" there shall be substituted "paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the 
Children Act 1989". 
The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49) 
36. In section 94(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (interpretation), 
in the definition of "supervision order" for the words from first "has" to "1969" 
there shall be substituted "means a supervision order under the Children and 
Young Persons Act 1969 or the Children Act 1989". 
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SCH. 16 The Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c. 31) 
37.—(1) In Schedule 8 to the Administration of Justice Act 1970 
(maintenance orders for purposes of Maintenance Orders Act 1958 and the 1970 
Act), for paragraph 4 there shall be substituted— 
"4. An order for periodical or other payments made or having effect as 
1989 c. 41. if made under Schedule Ito the Children Act 1989." 
(2) Paragraph 12 of that Schedule shall cease to have effect. 
The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32) 
38. In Schedule I to the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (maintenance 
orders to which Act of 1971 applies) for paragraph 5 there shall be substituted— 
"5. An order for periodical or other payments made or having effect as 
if made under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989." 
The Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18) 
39.—(l) In section 28 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) 
Act 1972 (complaint by spouse in convention country for recovery in England 
and Wales of maintenance from other spouse) for the words from "19(1)(i)" to 
"34" there shall be substituted "19(1) of that Act; and Part I of that Act, except 
sections 6 to 8, 16 to 18, 23(1), 24 to 27, 28(2) and 32(2)". 
(2) In section 28A(3) of that Act (complaint of former spouse in convention 
country for recovery in England and Wales of maintenance from other spouse) 
for paragraph (e) there shall be substituted— 
"(e) sections 6 to 8, 16 to 18, 23(1), 24 to 28 and 32(2) shall be 
omitted." 
(3) In section 30 of that Act (further provisions relating to recovery in 
England, Wales and Northern Ireland of maintenance for children) subsections 
(1), (2) and (6) shall cease to have effect. 
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) 
40. In section 65(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (meaning of family 
proceedings), paragraph (k) shall be omitted. 
The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27) 
41. In section 18(6) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 
(enforcement of UK judgments in other parts of UK) for paragraph (b) there 
shall be substituted— 
"(b) any order which is a Part I order for the purposes of the Family 
Law Act 1986." 
The Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20) 
42. In section 116(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (visiting of patients who 
are children) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted— 
"(a) a child or young person— 
(i) who is in the care of a local authority by virtue of a care 
order within the meaning of the Children Act 1989, or 
(ii) in respect of whom the rights and powers of a parent are 
vested in a local authority by virtue of section 16 of the Social 
Work (Scotland) Act 1968;". 
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SCHEDULE 17 Section 125(2). 
MINOR AMENDMENTS 
The Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864 (c. 24) 
1. In section 7 of the Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864 (certain 
persons incapable of being ship's agents) the words "or a proctor, attorney or 
solicitor" shall cease to have effect. 
The Land Registration Act 1925 (c. 21) 
2. In section 126 of the Land Registration Act 1925 (business of the Land 
Registry), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (6)— 
"(6A) The fact that the Chief Land Registrar and other officers of the 
Land Registry are not required to be legally qualified is not to be taken as 
preventing the making of regulations under this section which provide for 
certain acts to be done by an officer who is legally qualified." 
The Administration of Justice Act 1956 (c. 46) 
3. Section 53 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956 (only certain barristers 
or solicitors eligible for appointment as the Chief Land Registrar, a registrar or 
assistant registrar in the Land Registry) shall cease to have effect. 
The Powers of Attorney Act 1971 (c. 27) 
4, In section 3 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971 (proof of instruments 
creating powers of attorney)— 
(a) in subsection (l)(b), after the word "solicitor" there shall be inserted 
"duly certificated notary public"; and 
(b) in subsection (3), after the word "section" there shall be inserted "'duly 
certificated notary public' has the same mean.ing as it has in the 
Solicitors Act 1974 by virtue of section 87(1) of that Act and". 
The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32) 
5. In section 6 of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (effect of attachment 
of earnings order), the following subsections shall be added at the end— 
"(9) The Lord Chancellor may by order make such provision as he 
considers expedient (including transitional provision) with a view to 
providing for the payment of amounts deducted under attachment of 
earnings orders to be made to such officers as may be designated by the 
order rather than to collecting officers of the court. 
(10) Any such order may make such amendments in this Act, in relation 
to functions exercised by or in relation to collecting officers of the court as 
he considers expedient in consequence of the provision made by virtue of 
subsection (9) above. 
(11) The power to make such an order shall be exercisable by statutory 
instrument. 
(12) Any such statutory instrument shall be subject to annulment in 
pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament." 
6. In section 23 of that Act (powers ofjudge in relation to failure by debtor to 
comply with order etc.) the following subsection shall be inserted at the end— 
"(1 1) A district judge, assistant district judge or deputy district judge 
shall have the same powers under this section as a judge of a county court." 
178 c. 4! Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 17 The Juries Act 1974 (c. 23) 
7. In Group B in Part I of Schedule ito the Juries Act 1974 (ineligibility and 
disqualification for and excusal from jury service) after the entry relating to legal 
executives in the employment of solicitors there shall be inserted— 
"Public notaries". 
The Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) 
8. In section 2 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (training regulations), the following 
subsections shall be added at the end— 
"(4) Where, under Schedule 4 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
(approval of certain regulations in connection with the grant of rights of 
audience or rights to conduct litigation), the Lord Chancellor, the Lord 
Chief Justice or the Master of the Rolls approves any regulation made 
under this section he shall be taken, for the purposes of this section, to have 
concurred in the making of that regulation. 
(5) Subsection (4) shall have effect whether or not the regulation 
required to be approved under Schedule 4 to the Act of 1990." 
9. Section 4 of that Act (which sets out conditions to be satisfied before certain 
overseas solicitors may be admitted) shall cease to have effect. 
10. In section 31 of that Act (rules as to professional practice, conduct and 
discipline), the following subsections shall be added at the end— 
"(3) Where, under Schedule 4 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
(approval of certain rules in connection with the grant of rights of audience 
or rights to conduct litigation), the Master of the Rolls approves any rule 
made under this section he shall be taken, for the purposes of this section, 
to have concurred in the making of that rule. 
(4) Subsection (3) shall have effect whether or not the rule required to be 
approved under Schedule 4 to the Act of 1990." 
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) 
11. In section 125(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (provision for 
certain warrants relating to enforcement of fines to be executed by persons other 
than constables) for the words "a fine" there shall be substituted "any sum 
adjudged to be paid". 
The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) 
12. In section 5(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (judges to sit in other 
divisions of the High Court at the request of the Lord Chancellor) for the words 
"Lord Chancellor" to the end there shall be substituted "Lord Chief Justice 
made with the concurrence of the President of the Family Division or the Vice- 
Chancellor, or both, as appropriate". 
13. In section 36(4) of that Act (witness not to be punished for failing to 
appear if he is not offered payment of his reasonable expenses of attending), for 
the words from "the expenses", to the end, there shall be substituted "— 
(a) the expenses of coming and attending to give evidence and of 
returning from giving evidence; and 
(b) any other reasonable expenses which he has asked to be defrayed 
in connection with his evidence, 
was tendered to him at the time when the writ was served upon him." 
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The County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28) ScH. 17 
14.—(1) Section 73 of the County Courts Act 1984 (register to be kept of 
county court judgments) shall be amended as follows. 
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— 
"(1) A register of every— 
(a) judgment entered in a county court; 
(b) administration order made under section 112; and 
(c) order restricting enforcement made under section 11 2A, 
shall be kept in such manner and in such place as may be prescribed." 
(3) In subsection (3)— 
(a) in paragraph (a)— 
(i) after the word "judgments" there shall be inserted "or orders"; 
and 
(ii) after the word "judgment" there shall be inserted "or order"; 
and 
(b) in paragraph (b), after the word "judgments" there shall be inserted "or 
orders". 
15. In section 77 of that Act (appeals: general provisions) after subsection (1) 
the following subsection shall be inserted— 
"(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of the power to make county 
court rules under section 75, such rules may make provision for any appeal 
from the exercise by a district judge, assistant district judge or deputy 
district judge of any power given to him by virtue of any enactment to be 
to a judge of a county court." 
16. In section 103 of that Act (execution out of the jurisdiction of the court), 
the following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(6) County court rules may make provision for the suspension of any 
judgment or order, on terms, in connection with any warrant issued with 
respect to any instalment payable under the judgment or order." 
17. In section 138 of that Act (forfeiture for non-payment of rent), in 
subsections (2), (3), (5), (7), (8) and (9) (which relate to relief from forfeiture on 
payment into court of rent and costs), after the words "into court", in each place 
where they occur, there shall be inserted "or to the lessor". 
18. In Schedule I to that Act, paragraphs 2(3) and 3 (restrictions on hearing 
of replevin actions in the High Court) shall cease to have effect. 
The LegalAidAct 1988 (c. 34) 
19. In section 15 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 (availability of, and payment for, 
representation in civil proceedings under Part IV) the following subsection shall 
be inserted after subsection (4)— 
"(4A) A person may not be refused representation for the purposes of 
any proceedings on the ground (however expressed) that it would be more 
appropriate for him and a legal representative of his to enter into a 
conditional fee agreement (as defined by section 58 of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990)." 
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SCH. 17 The Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 34) 
20.—(1) In subsection (5) of section 1 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous 
Provisions) Act 1989 (presumption that solicitor is authorised to deliver certain 
instruments), after the word "solicitor", in both places where it occurs, there 
shall be inserted ", duly certificated notary public". 
(2) In subsection (6) of that section (meaning of expressions used in subsection 
(5)), after the words "Act 1925" there shall be inserted— 
"'duly certificated notary public' has the same meaning as it has in the 
Solicitors Act 1974 by virtue of section 87 of that Act;". 
Section 125(3). SCHEDULE 18 
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 
The Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) 
l.—(1) In the First Schedule to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of 
public records) the following entries shall be inserted in the appropriate places in 
Part II of the Table in paragraph 3— 
"The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board" 
"The Conveyancing Ombudsman" 
"The Legal Services Ombudsman" 
"The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and 
Conduct". 
(2) After paragraph 4(1 )(k) of that Schedule there shall be inserted— 
"(kk) records of any Conveyancing Appeal Tribunal;". 
The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c. 62) 
2. In Part I of Schedule Ito the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (tribunals 
under direct supervision of Council), the following shall, be inserted after the 
entry relating to commons— 
"Conveyancing 5AA. A Conveyancing Appeals 
Tribunal constituted under section 41 
of the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990." 
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c.18) 
3. In section 50(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (matrimonial causes 
rules), for the words from "one registrar of the divorce registry" to "local law 
society" there shall be substituted "one district judge of the principal registry of 
the Family Division, two Circuit judges, one district judge appointed under the 
County Courts Act 1984, two persons who have a Supreme Court qualification 
(within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990), and 
two persons who have been granted by an authorised body, under Part II of that 
Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all proceedings in the Supreme 
Court.". 
The Fair Trading Act 1973 (c.41) 
4. In section 133(2) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (purposes for which certain 
information obtained under the Act may be disclosed), in paragraph (a)— 
(a) after the words "Electricity Supply" there shall be inserted "or the 
Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board"; and 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 181 
(b) after the words "Regulations 1988" there shall be inserted "or the ScH. 18 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990". 
The Juries Act 1974 (c. 23) 
5. In Group B in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act 1974 (ineligibility and 
disqualification for and excusal from jury service), after the entry relating to 
barristers and solicitors there shall be inserted— 
"Any person who is not a barrister or solicitor but who is an authorised 
advocate or authorised litigator (as defined by section 119(1) of the Courts 
and Legal Services Act 1990) and— 
(a) any legal executive or person corresponding to a legal executive; or 
(b) any person corresponding to a barristers' clerk or assistant clerk, 
who is employed by such an authorised advocate or authorised litigator." 
The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c.39) 
6. In section 174(3) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (purposes for which certain 
information obtained under the Act may be disclosed), in paragraph (a)— 
(a) after the words "Regulations 1988" there shall be inserted "or the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990"; and 
(b) after the words "Electricity Supply" there shall be inserted "or the 
Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board". 
The Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) 
7. In section 7 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (entry of names in the roll and 
restoration of names struck oft), the following shall be inserted at the end of 
paragraph (b)— 
"or 
(c) of an order under section 47(2)(h) for the restoration of a person's 
name to the roll,". 
8. In section 8 of that Act (removal or restoration of name at solicitor's 
request), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)— 
"(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply to a former solicitor with respect to 
whom a direction has been given under section 47(2)(g)." 
9. In section 12 of that Act (discretion of Society with respect to issue of 
practising certificates in special cases), in subsection (l)(c), for the words "when 
on the first day of the period to which the practising certificate would, if granted, 
relate" there shall be substituted "when, on what would be the commencement 
date for the certificate, if it were granted". 
l0.—(l) Section 16 of that Act (duration of suspension of practising 
certificates) shall be amended as follows. 
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted— 
"(1) Where, on the replacement date for a practising certificate, the 
certificate is suspended it shall expire on that date." 
(3) In subsection (3) for the words "date of expiry", in paragraph (c), there 
shall be substituted "replacement date". 
11. In section 20 of that Act (unqualified person not to act as solicitor) the 
following subsections shall be added at the end— 
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SCH. 18 "(3) A person exempted from the provisions of section 23(1) by virtue of 
section 23(2) or (3) of this Act or section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990 may, in any non-contentious or common form probate business, 
apply for a grant of probate or for letters of administration or oppose such 
an application without committing an offence under this section. 
(4) In subsection (3) 'non-contentious or common form probate 
business' has the same meaning as in section 128 of the Supreme Court Act 
1981." 
12. In section 25 of that Act (costs where unqualified person acts as solicitor) 
the following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(3) For the avoidance of doubt, where a person does an act which 
would be an offence under section 23 were it not for the provisions of 
section 54 or 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, this section does 
not apply in relation to that act." 
13. In section 32 of that Act (accounts rules and trust account rules), the 
following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (5)— 
"(6) For the purposes of this section and section 33 references to clients' 
money and money of a kind mentioned in subsection (1 )(b) of this section 
or (l)(a) of section 33 include references to money held by a solicitor as a 
stakeholder (whether or not paid by a client of his)." 
14. In section 41 of that Act (employment by solicitor of person struck off or 
suspended), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)— 
"(1A) No solicitor shall, except in accordance with a written permission 
granted under this section, employ or remunerate in connection with his 
practice as a solicitor any person if, to his knowledge, there is a direction in 
force under section 47(2)(g) in relation to that person." 
15. In section 42 of that Act (failure to disclose certain facts to solicitor 
employer), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)— 
"(1A) Any person— 
(a) with respect to whom a direction is in force under section 47(2)(g); 
and 
(b) who seeks or accepts employment by a solicitor in connection with 
that solicitor's practice without previously informing him of the 
direction, 
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not 
exceeding level three on the standard scale." 
16.—(1) Section 80 of that Act (powers to act on behalf of Society) shall be 
amended as follows. 
(2) In subsection (1) for the words "to committees conferred on the Council" 
there shall be substituted "conferred". 
(3) In subsection (3)— 
(a) after the word "Council", in the second place where it occurs, there shall 
be inserted "or sub-committee"; and 
(b) for the words "or the committee" there shall be substituted 
", committee or sub-committee". 
17. In section 87(1) of that Act (interpretation) after the definition of 
"practising certificate" there shall be inserted— 
""replacement date", in relation to a practising certificate, means the 
date prescribed under section l4(2)(a) or specified by the Society under any 
regulation made by virtue of section 14(4)(b);". 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 183 
18. In Schedule 2 to that Act after sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 there shall ScH. 18 
be inserted— 
"(3A) The Council may require a solicitor to pay an annual 
contribution of a reduced amount where that payment is made with respect 
to a practising certificate which has a replacement date which is less than 
12 months after the replacement date of the solicitor's previous practising 
certificate. 
(3B) Where it appears from his application for a practising certificate 
that a solicitor has not held or received clients' money at any time during 
the period specified in the application, the Council may require him— 
(a) to pay an annual contribution of a specified reduced amount on 
that application, or 
(b) to pay no annual contribution on that application." 
The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (c.34) 
19. In section 4 1(1) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (purposes for 
which certain information obtained under the Act may be disclosed), in 
paragraph (a)— 
(a) after the words "Electricity Supply" there shall be inserted "or the 
Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board"; and 
(b) after the words "Regulations 1988" there shall be inserted "or the Courts 
and Legal Services Act 1990". 
The Patents Act 1977 (c.37) 
20.—(l) In section 102 of the Patents Act 1977 (right of audience etc. in 
proceedings before the comptroller), the following subsection shall be added at 
the end— 
"(5) Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit the right to draw or 
prepare deeds given to a registered patent agent by section 68 of the Courts 
and Legal Services Act 1990." 
(2) In section lO2A of that Act (right of audience etc. in proceedings on appeal 
from the comptroller), the following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(6) Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit the right to draw or 
prepare deeds given to a registered patent agent by section 68 of the Courts 
and Legal Services Act 1990." 
The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c.22) 
21. In section 16 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 
1978 (powers of court to make orders for the protection of a party to marriage or 
a child of the family), in subsection (6) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be 
substituted "that the respondent has not been given such notice of the 
proceedings as may be prescribed by rules". 
The Estate Agents Act 1979 (c.38) 
22.—(l) In section 10(3) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (purposes for which 
certain information obtained under the Act may be disclosed), in paragraph (a)- 
(a) after the words "Regulations 1988" there shall be inserted "or the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990"; and 
(b) after the words "Electricity Supply" there shall be inserted "or the 
Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board". 
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SCH. 18 The Competition Act 1980 (c.21) 
23.—(1) Section 19 of the Competition Act 1980 (restriction on disclosure of 
information) shall be amended as follows. 
(2) In subsection (2), after the words "Electricity Supply" there shall be 
inserted "the Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board". 
(3) In subsection (3) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 
(I)— 
"(m) the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990". 
The Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30) 
24. In section 13 of the Social Security Act 1980 (Social Security 
Commissioners) in subsection (5)(a), for the words "(2) or (4)" there shall be 
substituted "or (2)". 
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c.43) 
25.—(1) The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall be amended as follows. 
(2) In section 150(1) (interpretation) after the definition of "impose 
imprisonment" there shall be inserted the following definition— 
""legal representative" means an authorised advocate or authorised 
litigator, as defined by section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990;". 
(3) For the words— 
(a) "counsel or a solicitor" in sections 4(4)(b), 6(2)(b), 23(1 )(a) and 128(1 B); 
(b) "counsel or solicitor" in sections 122(1) and (3); 
there shall be substituted "a legal representative". 
(4) For the words— 
(a) "solicitor" in sections 6(2)(a), 12(2), l28(1A)(ii) and (3B); 
(b) "counsel or solicitor" in sections 72(3)(a) and (4); 
(c) "solicitor or barrister" in section 145(l)(d), 
there shall be substituted "legal representative". 
(5) For the words "counsel and solicitors" in section 8(4)(d) there shall be 
substituted "the legal representatives". 
(6) For the words— 
(a) "solicitors and counsel" in section 69(2)(b); 
(b) "solicitors or counsel" in section 69(4), 
there shall be substituted "legal representatives". 
(7) In section 144(3) (members of the rule committee) in subsection (3), for the 
words "one justices' clerk" to the end there shall be substituted— 
(a) one justices' clerk; 
(b) one person who has a Supreme Court qualification (within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); 
and 
(c) one person who has been granted by an authorised body, under 
Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all 
proceedings in the Supreme Court.". 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 185 
The Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20) ScH. 18 
26. In section 16 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (application of Part II and 
interpretation), in the definition of "derivative benefit", after the word 
"widow's" there shall be inserted "widower's". 
27. In section 22 of that Act (children's pension: rate and mode of payment)— 
(a) in subsection (2) for the words "leaves no widow and, if he leaves a 
widow, after her death" there shall be substituted "leaves no widow or 
widower and, if he or she leaves a widow or widower, after his or her 
death"; 
(b) in subsection (3), after the word "widow" there shall be inserted "or 
widower" and after the word "her" there shall be inserted "or his"; and 
(c) in subsection (4), after the word "widow", in both places, there shall be 
inserted "or widower" and after the words "she has a husband" there 
shall be inserted "or he has a wife". 
28. In section 23 of that Act (contributions towards widows and children's 
pensions) for the words "man's" and "man" there shall be substituted 
"person's" and "person". 
29. In section 25 of that Act (persons serving again after retirement), in 
subsection (1)— 
(a) in paragraph (a), for the words "widow or child of his" there shall be 
substituted "widow, widower or child of that person"; and 
(b) in paragraph (b), for the word "his" there shall be substituted "that 
person's". 
30. In the following sections of that Act— 
(a) 29 (recommendation of a Minister required in certain cases); 
(b) 31 (payments charged on Consolidated Fund); and 
(c) 32(3)(b) (definition of "pension benefits"), 
after the word "widow's" there shall in each case be inserted " widower's". 
31. The following section shall be inserted in that Act at the beginning of Part 
III— 
"Transfer of 29A. Schedule 1 A shall have effect with respect to the transfer 
accrued benefits. of accrued rights into and out of the judicial pension schemes 
constituted by this Act and the Sheriffs' Pensions (Scotland) 
Act 1961." 
32. In Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act (certain Supreme Court officers)— 
(a) for the entry "Registrar, Principal Registry of the Family Division" 
there shall be substituted— 
"District judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division."; and 
(b) for the entries "County court registrar" and "county court assistant 
registrar" there shall be substituted— 
"District judge. 
Assistant district judge." 
33. In paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to that Act (persons injured, or contracting 
disease, in discharge of their duties), in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after the word 
"widow" there shall be inserted "or, in the case of a female officer, her widower". 
186 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 18 34. At the beginning of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraphs 15 and 16 of Schedule 
2 to that Act (transitional provisions with respect to derivative benefits) there 
shall be inserted the words "Subject to paragraph 28 below,". 
35. In paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 3 to that Act, after the word "widow's" there 
shall be inserted "widower's". 
The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) 
36.—(1) In section 85 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (Supreme Court Rule 
Committee)— 
(a) for paragraphs (f) and (g) of subsection (1), there shall be substituted— 
"(0 two persons who have a Supreme Court qualification (within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); 
and 
(g) two persons who have been granted by an authorised body, under 
Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all 
proceedings in the Supreme Court." 
(b) for subsection (4) there shall be substituted— 
"(4) Before appointing a person under paragraph (f) or (g) of subsection 
(1), the Lord Chancellor shall consult any authorised body with members 
who are eligible for appointment under that paragraph." 
(2) In section 86 of that Act (Crown Court Rule Committee)— 
(a) for paragraphs (f) and (g) of subsection (1), there shall be substituted— 
"(1) two persons who have a Supreme Court qualification (within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); 
and 
(g) two persons who have been granted by an authorised body, under 
Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all 
proceedings in the Supreme Court." 
(b) for subsection (4) there shall be substituted— 
"(4) Before appointing a person under paragraph (f) or (g) of subsection 
(1), the Lord Chancellor shall consult any authorised body with members 
who are eligible for appointment under that paragraph.". 
37. In section 89(2) of that Act (person appointed as Queen's coroner and 
attorney and master of the Crown Office to be master of Queen's Bench Division) 
after the words "Crown Office" there shall be inserted "and Registrar of criminal 
appeals". 
38. For section 89(3)(e) of that Act (Senior Registrar of Family Division) there 
shall be substituted— 
"(e) one of the district judges of the Principal Registry of the Family 
Division as Senior District Judge of that Division; and". 
39. In section 90 of that Act (Official Solicitor) the following subsections shall 
be inserted after subsection (3)— 
"(3A) The holder for the time being of the office of Official Solicitor shall 
have the right to conduct litigation in relation to any proceedings. 
(3B) When acting as Official Solicitor a person who would otherwise 
have the right to conduct litigation by virtue of section 28(2)(a) of the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 shall be treated as having acquired that 
right solely by virtue of subsection (3A)." 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 187 
40.—( I) In section 100(1) of that Act (county court registrar to be appointed ScH. 18 
as district registrar for each district registry) for the words "county court 
registrar as a district registrar of the High Court" there shall be substituted 
"district judge for a county court district, appointed under section 6 of the 
County Courts Act 1984, as a district judge of the High Court." 
(2) In sections 100(2) to (5) and 101 to 103 of that Act (further provisions with 
respect to district registrars, assistant district registrars and deputy district 
registrars)— 
(a) for the words "county court registrar" there shall be substituted 
"district judge for a county court district"; 
(b) for the words "registrar" and "district registrar" in each place where 
they occur, except in the context of county court registrar, assistant 
district registrar or deputy district registrar, there shall be substituted 
"district judge"; 
(c) for the words "assistant district registrar" in each place where they occur 
there shall be substituted "assistant district judge"; and 
(d) for the words "deputy district registrar" in each place where they occur 
there shall be substituted "deputy district judge". 
41. In section 151(1) of that Act (interpretation), the following shall be inserted 
after the definition of "appeal"— 
""arbitration agreement" has the same meaning as it has in the Arbitration 
Act 1950 by virtue of section 32 of that Act;". 
The County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28) 
42. In sections 6 to 12 of the County Courts Act 1984 (provisions with respect 
to registrars, assistant registrars and deputy registrars)— 
(a) for the word "registrar" in each place where it occurs, except where it is 
in the context of assistant registrar or deputy registrar, there shall be 
substituted "district judge"; 
(b) for the words "assistant registrar" in each place where they occur there 
shall be substituted "assistant district judge"; and 
(c) for the words "deputy county court registrar" and "deputy registrar" in 
each place where they occur there shall be substituted "deputy district 
judge". 
43. In section 52 of that Act (powers of court exercisable before 
commencement of action) the following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(3) This section is subject to any provision made under section 38," 
44. In section 53 of that Act (powers of court to order disclosure of documents, 
inspection of property etc. in proceedings for personal injuries or death) the 
following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(5) This section is subject to any provision made under section 38," 
45. In section 54 of that Act (provisions supplementary to sections 52 and 53) 
the following subsection shall be added at the end— 
"(6) This section is subject to any provision made under section 38," 
188 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 18 46. In section 69 of that Act (power to award interest on debts and damages), 
the following shall be substituted for subsection (8>— 
"(8) In determining whether the amount of any debt or damages 
exceeds that prescribed by or under any enactment, no account 
shall be taken of any interest payable by virtue of this section 
except where express provision to the contrary is made by or 
under that or any other enactment." 
47. For section 75(7) of that Act (members of the rule committee) there shall 
be substituted— 
"(7) The rule committee shall consist of the following persons appointed 
by the Lord Chancellor— 
(a) five judges of county courts; 
(b) two district judges; 
(c) two persons who have a Supreme Court qualification (within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); 
and 
(d) two persons who have been granted by an authorised body, under 
Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all 
proceedings in the Supreme Court." 
48. For section 143(1) of that Act (prohibition on persons other than solicitors 
receiving remuneration for work in county courts) there shall be substituted— 
"(1) No person other than— 
(a) a legal representative; or 
(b) a person exercising a right of audience or a right to conduct 
litigation by virtue of an order made under section II of the 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (representation in county 
courts), 
shall be entitled to have or recover any fee or reward for acting on behalf of 
a party in proceedings in a county court." 
49.--—(l) In section 147(1) of that Act (interpretation) after the definition of 
"landlord" there shall be inserted— 
""legal representative" means an authorised advocate or authonsed 
litigator, as defined by section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990." 
(2) For the word "solicitor" in sections 13(1) and (4), 61(2) and 126 of that Act 
there shall be substituted "legal representative". 
(3) For the word "solicitors" in sections 18, 24(1), 27(6), 75(3)(f) and 79 of 
that Act there shall be substituted "legal representatives". 
The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42) 
50. In section 40(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 
(family proceedings rules), for paragraphs (c) to (g) there shall be substituted— 
"(c) one district judge of the principal registry of that Division, 
(d) two Circuit judges, 
(e) one district judge appointed under the County Courts Act 1984, 
(f) two persons who have a Supreme Court qualification (within the 
meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990), 
and 
(g) two persons who have been granted by an authorised body, under 
Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all 
proceedings in the Supreme Court." 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 189 
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) SCH. 18 
51. In section 4 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (rights of audience etc. 
of Crown Prosecutors), the following subsections shall be substituted for 
subsections (1) to (3)— 
"(1) Crown Prosecutors shall continue to have the same rights of 
audience, in any court, as they had immediately before the coming into 
force of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. 
(2) Subsection (1) is not to be taken as preventing those rights being 
varied or added to in accordance with the provisions of that Act. 
(3) The Lord Chancellor may at any time direct, as respects one or more 
specified places where the Crown Court sits, that Crown Prosecutors, or 
such category of Crown Prosecutors as may be specified in the direction, 
may have rights of audience in the Crown Court. 
(3A) Any such direction may be limited to apply only in relation to 
proceedings of a description specified in the direction. 
(3B) In considering whether to exercise his powers under this section the 
Lord Chancellor shall have regard, in particular, to the need to secure the 
availability of persons with rights of audience in the court or proceedings 
in question. 
(3C) Any direction under this section may be revoked by direction of the 
Lord Chancellor. 
(3D) Any direction under this section may be subject to such conditions 
and restrictions as appear to the Lord Chancellor to be necessary or 
expedient. 
(3E) Any exercise by the Lord Chancellor of his powers to give a 
direction under this section shall be with the concurrence of the Lord Chief 
Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Family Division and 
the Vice-Chancellor." 
52.—(l) In section 14(l)(a) of that Act (regulations in relation to fees of 
counsel) for the word "counsel" there shall be substituted "any legal 
representative". 
(2) The following definition shall be inserted in section 15(1) of that Act after 
the definition of "Director"— 
"legal representative" means an authorised advocate or authorised 
litigator, as defined by section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal 
Services Act 1990." 
53. In section 20(2) of that Act (regulations providing for the recovery of sums 
paid by the Legal Aid Board or out of central funds), in paragraph (a) for the 
words "party to proceedings" there shall be substituted "person". 
The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) 
54.—(l) Section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (management and 
control by solicitors of incorporated practices) shall be amended as follows. 
(2) In subsection (l)(a)— 
(a) after the word "solicitors", where it first occurs, there shall be inserted 
"or solicitors and one or more registered foreign lawyers"; and 
(b) at the end there shall be inserted "or by multi-national partnerships". 
190 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 18 (3) In subsection (8), the following definitions shall be inserted at the 
appropriate places— 
"multi-national partnership" means a partnership whose members consist 
of one or more registered foreign lawyers and one or more solicitors; 
"registered foreign lawyer" means a person who is registered under section 
89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990". 
55. In paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to that Act (which extends the offence in 
section 42(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 of seeking employment whilst struck off 
or suspended to employment by an incorporated practice) for the words "Section 
42(1)" there shall be substituted "Section 42(1) and (IA)". 
56. In paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to that Act (incorporated practices)— 
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words from "section" to "and (8))" there 
shall be substituted "Schedule 1 A of the Act of 1974 (except paragraphs 
5(1) and 9"; and 
(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words "section 44A (1)(a)" there shall be 
substituted "paragraph 2(l)(a) of Schedule 1A to the Act of 1974". 
57. In Schedule 2 to that Act (incorporated practices), in paragraph 18 the 
following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (2)— 
"(2A) Where, on the hearing of any application or complaint made to 
it under this Schedule, the Tribunal is satisfied that more than one 
allegation is proved against the recognised body to whom the 
application or complaint relates, it may impose a separate penalty 
(by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(b)) with respect to each such 
allegation." 
58. In Schedule 6 to that Act (incorporated licensed conveyancers) the 
following shall be substituted for paragraph 4(3)— 
"(3) Where it appears to the Council that the professional services 
provided by a recognised body in connection with any matter in which that 
body has been instructed by a client have, in any respect, not been of the 
quality which it is reasonable to expect of that body, the Council may take 
any step with respect to that recognised body as it could take under 
paragraphs 14 to 20 of Schedule 8 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 
1990 with respect to a licensed conveyancer in similar circumstances. 
(3A) Those paragraphs shall have effect (with the necessary 
modifications) with respect to any steps taken against the recognised body 
under this sub-paragraph as they have effect with respect to any steps taken 
with respect to a licensed conveyancer under paragraph 14 of that 
Schedule." 
The Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34) 
59. The Legal Aid Act 1988 shall be amended as follows. 
60. The followiiig entries shall be inserted in the appropriate places in section 
43 (definitions)— 
"'authorised body' has the meaning assigned by section 119(1) of the Courts 
and Legal Services Act 1990;" 
"'legal representative' means an authorised advocate or authorised 
litigator, as defined by section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal Services 
Act 1990;". 
61.—(l) In section 2(6), for the words "is only by persons who are solicitors or 
barristers" there shall be substituted "shall only be by legal representatives". 
(2) For section 2(7) there shall be substituted— 
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"(7) Subject to section 59 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, ScH. 18 
regulations— 
(a) may prescribe the circumstances in which representation shall be 
only by one legal representative and may require him to be from 
a prescribed category; 
(b) may regulate representation by more than one legal representative 
from any one or more prescribed categories. 
(7A) If it is satisfied that the circumstances of a particular case in the 
Supreme Court or the House of Lords warrant a direction under this 
subsection, the Board or, in the case of criminal proceedings the competent 
authority, may direct that representation in that case shall be by one legal 
representative. 
(7B) In subsection (7A), 'competent authority' shall be construed in 
accordance with section 20." 
(3) In section 10, in subsections (l)(b) and (3)(a), for the word "counsel" in 
each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted "an additional legal 
representative". 
(4) In section 15(6), for the words "solicitor for acting for him and to pay any 
fees of counsel for so acting" there shall be substituted "legal representative". 
(5) In section 26(2), for the words "same as the solicitor" there shall be 
substituted "one". 
62.—(1) In section 31— 
(a) in subsection (1)(a), for the words "counsel, solicitor" there shall be 
substituted "the legal representative"; 
(b) in subsection (2), for the words "solicitor shall be treated as having paid 
counsel's fees" there shall be substituted "legal representative shall be 
treated as having paid the fees of any additional legal representative 
instructed by him". 
(2) In section 32— 
(a) in subsection (1), for the words from "select" to "willing" there shall be 
substituted "select the legal representative to advise, assist or act for 
him from among the legal representatives willing"; 
(b) in subsection (2), for the words from "a solicitor or" to the end there shall 
be substituted "one or more legal representatives or direct that he may 
only select a legal representative from among those with whom such a 
contract subsists."; 
(c) in subsection (8), for the words "solicitor or counsel or solicitor and 
counsel" there shall be substituted "one or more legal representatives"; 
(d) the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (9)— 
"(9) None of the following persons may be selected or assigned under 
this section— 
(a) a solicitor who is for the time being excluded from legal aid work 
under section 47(2) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (powers of 1974 c. 47. 
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal); 
(b) a barrister excluded from such work under section 42 of the 
Administration of Justice Act 1985 (exclusion of barristers from 1985 c. 61. 
legal aid work); 
(c) any other legal representative excluded from such work for 
disciplinary reasons by an authorised body." 
63.—(l) For the words— 
(a) "counsel or a solicitor" in each place where they occur in sections 14(3), 
31(l)(a) and 38(6); and 
192 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
ScH. 18 (b) "solicitor or counsel" in the first place where they occur in section 32(6), 
there shall be substituted "a legal representative". 
(2) In sections 16(8), 32(10) and 34(8)(b), for the word "solicitor's" in each 
place where it occurs, there shall be substituted "legal representative's". 
(3) For the words— 
(a) "solicitor or counsel" in sections 2(4), 16(9), 32(3) and 32(6); 
(b) "counsel or solicitor" in sections 25(2) and 32(5); 
(c) "solicitor and counsel" in sections 3 1(2); 
(d) "solicitor or his firm" in section 10(3), 
in each of the remaining places where they occur, there shall be substituted "legal 
representative". 
(4) In each of the remaining places where it occurs in sections 9(5), 9(6), 9(7), 
10(1), 11(2), 11(3), 15(7), 15(8), 25(2), 26(2) and 32(10), for the word "solicitor" 
there shall be substituted "legal representative". 
(5) For the words— 
(a) "solicitors" in section 32(7); 
(b) "solicitors and counsel" in section 34(2)(e); 
(c) "barristers and solicitors" in section 34(9); 
(d) "barristers or solicitors" in section 38(l)(f), 
in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted "legal representatives". 
Section 125(6). SCHEDULE 19 
TRANSITIONALS AND SAVINGS 
Discrimination by, or in relation to, barristers 
1. Nothing in section 64 shall have effect in relation to anything done before 
the date on which that section came into force in relation to a pupillage or 
tenancy which began before that date. 
Judicial appointments: barristers 
2.—--(l) This paragraph applies— 
(a) to barristers who were called to the Bar on a date (the "call date") before 
the commencement of section 31; and 
(b) for the purpose of determining for how many years such a barrister has 
had one of the qualifications listed in section 71(3). 
(2) The General Council of the Bar shall be deemed to have granted such a 
barrister on his call date the rights of audience mentioned in section 31(1 )(a). 
(3) The period beginning with his call date and ending with the 
commencement of section 31 (apart from any part of that period during which 
he was disbarred) shall, in the case of such a barrister, count towards the period 
mentioned in section 71 (5)(b), whether or not he was entitled to exercise the right 
of audience in question during that time. 
Judicial appointments: solicitors 
3.—(l) This paragraph applies— 
(a) to solicitors who were admitted on a date (the "admission date") before 
the commencement of section 32; and 
(b) for the purpose of determining for how many years such a solicitor has 
had one of the qualifications listed in section 71(3). 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 193 
(2) The Law Society shall be deemed to have granted such a solicitor on his ScH. 19 
admission date the rights of audience mentioned in section 32(l)(a). 
(3) The period beginning with his admission date and ending with the 
commencement of section 32 (apart from any part of that period during which 
he was struck off, or removed from, the roll) shall, in the case of such a solicitor, 
count towards the period mentioned in section 71(5)(b), whether or not he was 
entitled to exercise the right of audience in question during that time. 
(4) Such a solicitor who has a right of audience in all proceedings in the 
Supreme Court shall be deemed to have had a Supreme Court qualification since 
his admission date. 
(5) Such a solicitor who has a right of audience in all proceedings in the High 
Court shall be deemed to have had a High Court qualification since his admission 
date. 
Directions under section 83 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) 
4.—(l) Any direction given under section 83 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 
(right of audience for solicitors in Crown Courts) and in force immediately 
before the commencement of section 67 shall have effect as if validly made under 
section 83 as substituted by section 67. 
(2) This paragraph is without prejudice to section 1 7(2)(b) of the 
Interpretation Act 1978. 1978 c. 30. 
District judges 
5. For the purposes of section l6(3)(c) of the Courts Act 1971 (certain office- 1971 c. 23. 
holders eligible, after 3 years, for appointment as Circuit judges) a person who 
holds an office (the "former office") which, on the coming into force of section 
74, becomes the office of district judge shall be deemed to have held that office 
since his appointment to the former office. 
Judicial oaths 
6.—(l) Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to any person who, immediately 
after the coming into force of section 76, holds any of the offices listed in 
subsection (1) of that section. 
(2) The Promissory Oaths Act 1868 shall have effect as if in section 6 for the 1868 c. 72. 
words "as soon as may be after his acceptance of office" there were substituted 
"not later than 6 months after the coming into force of section 76 of the Courts 
and Legal Services Act 1990". 
Retirement age of certain officers of Supreme Court 
7. Subsection (2A) of section 92 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (which reduces 1981 c. 54. 
the retirement age of the Lord Chancellor's Permanent Secretary, the Official 
Solicitor, and the Registrar of Criminal Appeals from 72 to 62 years and is 
inserted by section 77(1)) shall not have effect in relation to the persons who on 
7th December 1989 hold any of the offices to which that subsection applies. 
194 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
SCH. 19 Investigations by lay observers 
8.—(1) Where, before the coming into force of section 21, the Law Society has 
1974 c. 47. received a report from a lay observer under section 45 of the Solicitors Act 1974 
(investigation by lay observers of Law Society's treatment of complaints), the 
Legal Services Ombudsman shall have no power to investigate any allegation in 
relation to that complaint. 
(2) Where— 
(a) any allegation has been duly made to a lay observer under section 45 of 
the Act of 1974; but 
(b) he has not— 
(i) concluded his examination of the allegation; or 
(ii) reported to the Law Society, 
before the repeal of that section has effect, 
the Ombudsman may either exercise the functions of a lay observer under the Act 
of 1974 in relation to that allegation or treat it as an allegation duly made under 
this Act. 
(3) Where the Ombudsman decides to exercise the functions of a lay observer, 
by virtue of sub-paragraph (2), the Act of 1974 shall have effect in relation to his 
investigation as if this Act had not been passed. 
Judicial pensions 
1981 c. 20. 9. The repeal by this Act of sections 18(3), 20(6) and 24 of the Judicial Pensions 
Act 1981 shall not apply in relation to any person who is entitled to exercise the 
option given by paragraph 26 or 27 of the Part IV inserted in Schedule 2 to that 
Act by Schedule 12 to this Act but does not do so. 
10.—(1) The repeal by this Act of subsection (3) of section 3 of the 
1967 c. 28. Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 shall not affect its 
application in relation to any abatement made under that section. 
1969 c. 7 (N.I.). (2) The repeal by this Act of subsection (3) of section 1 of the Superannuation 
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 shall not affect its 
application in relation to any abatement made under that section. 
1971 c. 23. (3) The repeal by this Act of section 19(5) of the Courts Act 1971 shall not 
affect its application in relation to any abatement made under section 18(3) of 
that Act. 
1973 c. 15. (4) The repeal by this Act of subsection (4) of section 9 of the Administration 
of Justice Act 1973 shall not affect its application so far as it provides for any 
abatement which has been made under that subsection to be disregarded. 
1981 c. 54. (5) The repeal by this Act of subsection (4) of section 12 of the Supreme Court 
Act 1981 shall not affect its application so far as it provides for any abatement 
which has been made under that subsection to be disregarded. 
Overseas solicitors 
S.!. 1964/1848. 11 .—(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 4 of the Solicitors 
Act 1974 (under which the Overseas Solicitors (Admission) Order 1964 has 
effect) training regulations made under section 2 of that Act may contain 
provisions expressed to have effect in relation to territories listed in Schedule 1 to 
that Order. 
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is without prejudice to the power in section 2(3)(d) of 
that Act to make different provision for different classes of person and different 
circumstances. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 195 
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect on the coming into force of any ScH. 19 
such training regulations which contain provisions applying in relation to any 
territory— 
(a) which is listed in the Order of 1964; but 
(b) which is identified in the regulations otherwise than by reference to that 
list. 
Practising certificates 
12.—(1) Section 14 of the Solicitors Act 1974, as substituted by section 86 shall 1974 c. 47. 
have effect, in relation to any practising certificate which is in force on the 
commencement of section 86, as if it provided for the replacement date for that 
certificate to be the 31st October following that commencement. 
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to any direction (whether general or specific) 
given by the Law Society. 
(3) The definition of "replacement date", inserted in section 87(1) of the 
Solicitors Act 1974 by paragraph 17 of Schedule 18 shall have effect subject to 
the provision made by this paragraph. 
Notaries 
13.—(1) Subsection (2) of section 57 and the repeal by this Act of the 
provisions relating to the serving of apprenticeships mentioned in subsection (3) 
of that section shall not have effect in relation to any person who, at the date on 
which subsection (2) of that section comes into force, is serving such an 
apprenticeship. 
(2) The Master of the Faculties may make rules providing— 
(a) for a reduction in the period of apprenticeship of any person to whom 
this paragraph applies with a view to securing that no such person is 
required to undertake a period of training longer than the period which 
he would have been required to undertake, by virtue of rules made by 
the Master, had he started his training after the commencement of 
subsection (2) of section 57; or 
(b) for all such apprenticeships to be brought to an end on such day as may 
be prescribed. 
Redress for inadequate professional services 
14. Section 93 and the repeal by Schedule 20 of— 
(a) section 44A of the Solicitors Act 1974; 
(b) section 47A of that Act; and 
(c) paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985, 1985 c. 61. 
shall not affect any case in which the final bill of costs was delivered to the client 
concerned before the commencement of section 93 or those repeals. 
The Councilfor Licensed Con veyancers 
15.—(1) The following provisions— 
(a) section 53; 
(b) the repeal by Schedule 20 of section 26(3) of the Administration of 
Justice Act 1985; and 
(c) paragraph 58 of Schedule 18, 
shall not affect any case in which the final bill of costs was delivered to the client 
concerned before the commencement of section 53. 
196 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
ScH. 19 (2) Until such date as may be specified by order made by the Lord Chancellor, 
the provisions of— 
(a) paragraphs 14 to 20 of Schedule 8; and 
1985 c. 61. (b) paragraph 4(3) and (3A) of Schedule 6 to the Administration of Justice 
Act 1985 (as substituted by paragraph 58 of Schedule 18), 
shall have effect as if they conferred powers on the Discipline and Appeals 
Committee and not on the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. 
(3) Any order made by the Lord Chancellor under sub-paragraph (2) may 
make such transitional, consequential or supplemental provision as he thinks 
necessary or expedient in consequence of the transfer of jurisdiction under the 
provisions in question from the Discipline and Appeals Committee to the 
Council. 
Immunity of magistrates etc. 
1979 c. 55. 16.—(l) The Justices of the Peace Act 1979 shall continue to apply in relation 
to any matter arising before the coming into force of section 108, in connection 
with the exercise or purported exercise of his office by a justice of the peace, as if 
section 108 had not been enacted. 
S.I. 1981/1675 (2) The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall continue to 
(N.J. 26). apply in relation to any matter arising before the coming into force of section 
109, in connection with the exercise or purported exercise of his office by a 
resident magistrate or justice of the peace, as if section 109 had not been enacted. 
(3) Section 63 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 shall continue to 
apply in relation to any matter arising before the coming into force of section 
109, in connection with the exercise or purported exercise of his office by a person 
to whom this sub-paragraph applies, as if section 109 had not been enacted. 
(4) Sub-paragraph (3) applies to— 
(a) a resident magistrate, including a deputy resident magistrate; 
(b) a justice of the peace; and 
(c) a person specified in section 63(7) of the Act of 1985 (county court judges 
sitting in connection with certain appeals and members of juvenile 
court panels). 
Commissioners for Oaths 
1889 c. 10. 17. The repeal by this Act of section 1(1) of the Commissioners for Oaths Act 
1889 shall not affect the power of the Lord Chancellor to revoke any 
appointment made by him under that provision. 
Section 125(7). SCHEDULE 20 
REPEALS 
Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 
41 Geo. 3 c. 79. The Public Notaries Act In section 1, the words "in 
1801. manner hereinafter 
directed". 
Sections 2 to 5. 
Sections 7 to 10. 
In section 14, the words 
from "Provided always" 
to the end. 
3 & 4 Will 4 c. 70. The Public Notaries Act The whole Act. 
1833. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 197 
8&9Vict.c. 127. 
20&21 Vict. 
c. 43. 
27 & 28 Vict. 
c. 24. 
52 & 53 Vict. 
C. 10. 
4&5Geo5c.91. 
9& lOGeo. 5 
c. 53. 
6&7Geo.6 
c. 39. 
12& l3Geo.6 
c. 42. 
14 Geo. 6 c. 27. 
l4Geo.6c. 37. The Small Debts Act 1845. 
The Summary Jurisdiction 
Act 1857. 
The Naval Agency and 
Distribution Act 1864. 
The Commissioners for 
Oaths Act 1889. 
The Welsh Church Act 1914. 
The War Pensions 
(Administrative 
Provisions) Act 1919. 
The Pensions Appeal 
Tribunals Act 1943. 
The Lands Tribunal Act 
1949. 
The Arbitration Act 1950. 
The Maintenance Orders 
Act 1950. 
The Courts-Martial (Appeals) 
Act 1951. 
The Administration of 
Justice Act 1956. 
The Banisters (Qualification 
for Office) Act 1961. 
The Superannuation 
(Miscellaneous Provisions) 
Act 1967. 
The Superannuation 
(Miscellaneous Provisions) 
Act (Northern freland) 
1969. 
The Family Law Reform 
Act 1969. 
The Children and Young 
Persons Act 1969. Sections 1 to 3. 
In section 6, the words "nor 
any service under this 
Act". 
Section 9. 
In section 10, the words 
"and also in the Public 
Notaries Act 1833". 
The whole Act. 
In section 6, the words from 
"Provided always" to the 
end. 
In section 7, the words "or a 
proctor, attorney or 
solicitor" and "or 
becomes a proctor, 
attorney or solicitor". 
Section 23(1). 
In section 1, subsection (1) 
and in subsection (2) the 
words "by virtue of his 
commission". 
Section 37. 
In the Schedule, in 
paragraph 2(i) the words 
from "being a barrister" 
to "standing". 
Section 13(c). 
In section 8(1), the definition 
of "barrister-at-law". 
Section 1 2(6)(b). 
Section 1 6(2)(a)(vii). 
Section 28(5). 
Section 3 1(5). 
Section 37. 
Section 53. 
The whole Act. 
Section 3. 
Section 6. 
In section 16(3), the words 
from "and the justice" to 
the end. 
Section 29. 6&7Victc.90. Chapter_— Short title Extent of repeal 
The Public Notaries Act 
1843. SCH. 20 
14& lSGeo. 6 
c. 46. 
4&5Eliz.2c.46. 
1961 c. 44. 
1967 c. 28. 
1969 c. 7 (N.J.). 
1969 c. 46. 
1969 c. 54. Section 1. 
1969 c. 58. The Administration of 
Justice Act 1969. 
198 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
The Administration of 
Justice Act 1970. 
The Courts Act 1971. 
The Maintenance Orders 
(Reciprocal Enforcement) 
Act 1972. 
The Administration of 
Justice Act 1973. 
The Solicitors Act 1974. 
The Social Security Act 
1975. 
The House of Commons 
Disqualification Act 1975. 
The Ministerial and other 
Salaries Act 1975. 
The Rent (Agriculture) Act 
1976. 
The Rent Act 1977. 
The Domestic Proceedings 
and Magistrates' Courts 
Act 1978. 
The Justices of the Peace Act 
1979. In Schedule 8, paragraph 12. 
Section 17(6). 
Section 18(3) and (4). 
Section 19(5). 
Section 30(1), (2) and (6). 
Section 9(4). 
Section 2(2). 
In section 3, in subsection (2) 
the words from "or a 
judge" to "time being" 
and subsection (3). 
Section 4. 
Section 5. 
In section 7(a), the words 
"or a judge acting for him 
under section 3(2).". 
In section 20(2), paragraph 
(c) and the word "and" 
immediately preceding it. 
Section 33(4)(b) and the 
word "or" immediately 
preceding it. 
Section 39. 
Section 44A. 
Section 45. 
Section 47A. 
Section 8 1(5). 
Section 82. 
In Schedule 3, paragraph 7. 
In Schedule 10, paragraph 
1A(8). 
In Part III of Schedule 1, the 
entry relating to the lay 
observer appointed under 
section 45 of the Solicitors 
Act 1974. 
In section 1(2), the words 
from "but" to the end. 
Section 26(3). 
Section and (5). 
Section 16(7). 
Section 17(2). 
Section 23(1). 
Section 24. 
Section 30(2) to (4). 
Section 31(4)(b). 
Section 46. 
Section 47. SCH. 20 Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 
1970 c. 31. 
1971 c. 23. 
l972c. 18. 
1973 c. 13. 
1974 c. 47. 
1975 c. 14. 
1975 c. 24. 
1975 c. 27. 
1976 c. 80. 
1977 c. 42, 
1978 c. 22. 
1979 c. 55. 
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 199 
The Social Security Act 
1980. 
The Magistrates' Courts Act 
1980. 
The Housing Act 1980. 
The Judicial Pensions Act 
1981. 
The Supreme Court Act 
1981. 
The County Courts Act 
1984. Section 48. 
Section 49. 
Section 51. 
Section 52. 
In section 53(1), the words 
"and of section 54 
below". 
Section 54. 
Section 13(4). 
Section 65(1)(k). 
Section 86(3). 
Section 18(3). 
Section 20(6). 
Section 22(5). 
Section 24. 
In section 25, in subsection 
(1) the word "his", in the 
first three places where it 
occurs and subsection (2). 
In section 33, the definition 
of "the Minister". 
In Part I of Schedule 1, the 
entries "Queen's coroner 
and attorney and Master 
of the Crown Office" and 
"Registrar of criminal 
appeals". 
In Schedule 1, paragraph 
15(3). 
Section 12(4). 
In section 18, in subsection 
(1) paragraphs (e), (1) and 
(h) and subsection (2). 
Section 94. 
Section 100(5). 
Section 101(2). 
Section 102(6). 
Section 103(6). 
Section 10. 
Section 19. 
Section 20. 
Section 22. 
Section 29. 
Section 34. 
Section 43. 
Section 44. 
In section 45, in subsection 
(1) the words from "and 
as to" to "to be taxed" 
and subsection (2). 
In section 60, subsection (1), 
and in subsection (2) the 
words "not being a person 
entitled to address the 
court by virtue of Chapter Short title Extent of repeal SCH. 20 
1980 c. 30. 
1980 c. 43. 
1980c. 51. 
1981 c. 20. 
1981 c. 54. 
1984 c. 28. 
200 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 
subsection (1)" and "as if 
he were a person so 
entitled". 
In section 63, the words "for 
the purposes of subsection 
(2)". 
In section 75(1), the words 
from "and prescribing" to 
the end. 
Section 89(3). 
Section 105. 
Section 106. 
Section 112(5). 
Section 143(2). 
In Schedule 1, paragraph 
2(3) and paragraph 3 and 
the word "and" 
immediately preceding it. 
In Schedule 1, paragraphs 29 
and 31. 
Section 4(5). 
In section 15(1), the 
definition of "solicitor", 
and the word "and" 
immediately preceding it. 
Section 1. 
Section 3. 
In section 9(8) the second 
"and". 
Section 26(3). 
Section 63. 
Section 65(5). 
In Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 
and 11. 
In Schedule 2, paragraph 
4(2)(b) and the word "or" 
immediately preceding it 
and paragraphs 8, 15 and 
19. 
In Schedule 3, paragraph 8. 
In Schedule 7, paragraph 4, 
and in paragraph 5 the 
words "or under section 
47A". 
Section 110(3). 
Section 181(3). 
Section 19(5). 
Section 35. 
Section 124. 
Section 52(4) and (5). 
In Schedule 2, paragraph 
2(b). SCH. 20 Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 
1984 c. 42. 
1985 c. 23. 
1985 c. 61. 
1985 c. 68. 
1985 c. 70. 
1986 c. 53. 
1987c. 31. The Matrimonial and 
Family Proceedings Act 
1984. 
The Prosecution of Offences 
Act 1985. 
The Administration of 
Justice Act 1985. 
The Housing Act 1985. 
The Landlord and Tenant 
Act 1985. 
The Building Societies Act 
1986. 
The Landlord and Tenant 
Act 1987. 
© Crown copyright 1990 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 c. 41 201 
Section 29(4). 
In Schedule 2, paragraphs 
12(a), 20 and 27(a). 
In section 2(1) the words "in 
his profession". 
Section 290. 
Section 40(4) and (5). 
In section 27(1), the words 
"or other person" and the 
words "or person". 
In section 42(1), the word 
"or" immediately 
preceding para- 
graph (b) and in 
paragraph (b) the word 
"other". 
In section 81(l)(d), the word 
"registered". 
In section 108(12), in the 
entry relating to Schedule 
14, the word "18". 
In Schedule 3, paragraph 7. 
In Schedule 4, in paragraph 
1(1), (2), (4), (5), (8) and 
(9) the word "voluntary" 
in each place where it 
occurs, and in paragraph 
l(6)(b)(i) the words "as a 
voluntary home". 
In Schedule 12, paragraph 
25. 
In Schedule 13, paragraphs 
24, 25 and 40. 
In Schedule 14, in paragraph 
15(1), the word "or" 
immediately preceding 
paragraph (g). 
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1987 c. 42. 
1988c. 13. 
1988 c. 48. 
1988 c. 50. 
1989 c. 41. SCH. 20 
The Family Law Reform 
Act 1987. 
The Coroners Act 1988. 
The Copyright, Designs and 
Patents Act 1988. 
The Housing Act 1988. 
The Children Act 1989. 
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