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Legal Services Bill [HL]

moved Amendments Nos. 16 and 17: 16: Schedule 5, page 149, line 31, leave out from ““any”” to end of line 33 and insert ““condition subject to which its recognition has effect, and”” 17: Schedule 5, page 152, line 34, at end insert— ““17A (1) During the transitional period, a person (““P””) is an exempt person in relation to the carrying on of an activity (““the relevant activity””) which is a reserved legal activity within sub-paragraph (2), if— (a) P carries on the relevant activity by virtue of an employee of P (““E””) carrying it on in E’s capacity as such an employee, and (b) E is an authorised member of the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen (within the meaning of paragraph 17(2) of this Schedule). (2) The reserved legal activities mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are— (a) the exercise of a right of audience; (b) the conduct of litigation; (c) the administration of oaths. (3) If P is a body, in this paragraph references to an employee of P include references to a manager of P.”” On Question, amendments agreed to. Schedule 13 [Ownership of licensed bodies]: