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1991 No. 2683 (C.78)

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1991

Made

28th November 1991

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 69(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985(1), hereby makes the following Order-�

1. This Order may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1991.

2. Sections 9 and 10 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 shall come into force on 1st January 1992.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 28th November 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force sections 9 and 10 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices). Section 9 allows the Council of the Law Society to make rules regulating the carrying on of a solicitor's practice through bodies corporate, brings into force the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Act ("Incorporated Practices: Supplemental Provisions") and empowers the Lord Chancellor to apply provisions relating to Solicitors to such bodies corporate (with or without modification). Section 10 establishes an offence of pretending to be a body recognised under section 9.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This Note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:-�

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 2, except insofar as it relates to the investigation of any complaint made to the Law Society relating to the quality of any professional services provided by a solicitor
Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 46 provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) mentioned in Part III of Schedule 812th March 19861986/364
Schedule 1
Schedule 3
Section 5028th April 19861986/364
Sections 13, 22, 23, 38, 47, 51, 55
Section 67(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 7 of Schedule 7
1st October 19861986/1503
Section 67(2), so far as it relates to so much of Part III of Schedule 8 as refers to the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) and the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)
Sections 1 and 3
Section 2, so far as it relates to the investigation of any complaint made to the Law Society relating to the quality of any professional services provided by a solicitor1st January 19871986/2260
Section 4812th January 19871986/2260
Sections 6(1), 6(2), 6(3), 6(5), 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34(1), 34(2), 35, 36, 37, 39
Schedule 411th May 1987
Schedule 51987/787
Schedule 6
Section 6(4)1st December 19871987/787
Section 531st October 19881988/1341
Sections 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 451 April 19891989/287


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