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Legal Services Bill [HL]

moved Amendments Nos. 436A to 446: 436A: Schedule 16, page 218, line 37, leave out paragraph 2 and insert— ““2 In section 1A (practising certificates: employed solicitors)— (a) omit ““or”” at the end of paragraph (b), (b) in paragraph (c) omit ““by the Council of the Law Society””, and (c) at the end of that paragraph insert ““or (d) by any other person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act).”””” 437: Schedule 16, page 219, line 26, after ““(4A)”” insert— ““In relation to an appeal under subsection (4) the High Court may make such order as it thinks fit as to payment of costs. (4B) ”” 438: Schedule 16, page 219, line 40, leave out ““(2)”” and insert ““(4)”” 439: Schedule 16, page 221, line 4, leave out from ““required”” to ““and”” in line 5 and insert ““by rules under section 34(1) by such time or in such circumstances as may be prescribed by those rules,”” 440: Schedule 16, page 221, line 6, leave out ““free of conditions”” 441: Schedule 16, page 222, line 37, at end insert— ““( ) The decision of the High Court on an appeal under subsection (9) shall be final.”” 442: Schedule 16, page 223, line 5, after ““(9)”” insert— ““In relation to an appeal under subsection (7) the High Court may make such order as it thinks fit as to payment of costs. (10) ”” 443: Schedule 16, page 223, line 9, after ““(1A)”” insert ““— (a) after ““6(1)”” insert ““, 6A(1)””, (b) after ““1(1)(a)(i),”” insert ““(aa),””, and (c) ”” 444: Schedule 16, page 223, line 22, leave out ““this section”” and insert ““subsection (5)”” 445: Schedule 16, page 225, line 40, leave out from beginning to ““Regulations”” in line 42 and insert— ““(3E) In relation to an appeal under regulations made by virtue of subsection (3D), the High Court may make such order as it thinks fit as to payment of costs. (3F) The decision of the High Court on such an appeal shall be final. (3G) ”” 446: Schedule 16, page 226, line 9, at end insert— ““( ) After that subsection insert— ““(1A) The powers conferred on the Society by subsection (1) include power to make, in relation to solicitors, provision of a kind which the Society would be prohibited from making but for section 154(5)(c) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (exceptionfrom prohibition on approved regulators making provision for redress).”””” On Question, amendments agreed to.