Clause 18

by deleting the words “, who is admitted as a solicitor on or after 1st March 1997,” in the 1st and 2nd lines of subsection (1);

by deleting subsections (3), (4) and (4A) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) shall not apply to a solicitor who was admitted as a solicitor before 1st March 1997.(4) This section shall not apply to a solicitor who has before 9th March 2007 been in practice as a solicitor on his own account or in partnership (whether in a law firm or a limited liability law partnership) or as a director of a law corporation.”;

by deleting “$5,000” in subsection (5) and substituting “$10,000”; and

by deleting the words “statutory corporation” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “statutory body or law office in the public service”.