Clause 47

in section 2, after the definition of “Law Society”, insert —“ “lawyer (NP)” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966;”;

in section 14, after paragraph (a), insert —“(aa)is admitted as a lawyer (NP) whether or not he or she has in force a provisional practising certificate issued under section 18 of the Legal Profession Act 1966;”;

in section 16(1)(a), after “roll”, insert “of advocates and solicitors or roll of lawyers (NP)”;

in section 16, after subsection (3), insert —“(3A) Where a member of the Academy is subject to an order prohibiting him or her from applying to the court for admission as an advocate and solicitor until after a date specified in the order, his or her membership is deemed to be suspended until after that date.”;

in section 16(4), after “roll” wherever it appears, insert “of advocates and solicitors”;

in section 16, after subsection (4), insert —“(4A) Where a member being a lawyer (NP) has been struck off the roll of lawyers (NP), he or she on being reinstated to the roll of lawyers (NP) becomes a member of the Academy.”;

in section 16, after subsection (5), insert —“(6) In this section, “roll of advocates and solicitors” and “roll of lawyers (NP)” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966.”;

in section 26, replace “or by a member or qualified person” with “, lawyer (NP), member, qualified person or eligible person”;

renumber section 26 as subsection (1) of that section; and

in section 26, after subsection (1), insert —“(2) In this section, “eligible person” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966.”.