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SRA Handbook

Commencement

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Rule 12: Commencement

12.1

These rules come into force on 1 December 2001.

12.2

[Deleted]

12.3

These rules shall not apply to licensed bodies until such time as the Law Society is designated as a licensing authority under Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Legal Services Act 2007 and all definitions shall be construed accordingly.

12.4

In these rules references in the preamble to the Rules being made under section 83 of the Legal Services Act 2007 shall have no effect until the Law Society is designated as a licensing authority under Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Legal Services Act 2007.