Evidence Act 2006

Miscellaneous - Transitional provisions

207: Transitional provisions relating to Law Practitioners Act 1982

You could also call this:

"Special rules for using the Evidence Act 2006 with the old Law Practitioners Act 1982"

When you read the Evidence Act 2006, you need to remember some special rules. These rules are about how some parts of the act work with the Law Practitioners Act 1982. You have to read certain sections in a special way until some new laws start.

You will see the term "lawyer" in the Evidence Act 2006, which means a barrister or solicitor as defined in section 2 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982. This is important because it helps you understand who is a lawyer. It is based on the old Law Practitioners Act 1982.

There are also rules about how to read section 55(1)(a) of the Evidence Act 2006. You have to read it as if it refers to section 89 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 instead of section 112 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. This is another special rule to keep in mind.

You also have to read section 55(1) of the Evidence Act 2006 in a special way. It is about solicitors’ nominee companies, which are companies operated by solicitors with the consent of the relevant District Law Society. This rule applies until section 96 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 starts.

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Topics:

Crime and justice > Courts and legal help

206: Identification already carried out, or

"Identifications made before the new rules started don't have to follow those rules."

208: Transitional provision relating to communication assistance, or

"Help with communicating in court during a change in rules"

Part 5Miscellaneous
Transitional provisions

207Transitional provisions relating to Law Practitioners Act 1982

Until the commencement of section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, section 51(1) must be read as if for the definition of lawyer there were substituted the following definition:
lawyer means a barrister or solicitor, as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982
Until the commencement of section 112 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, section 55(1)(a) must be read as if the reference to section 112 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 were a reference to section 89 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982.
Until the commencement of section 96 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, section 55(1) must be read as if for paragraph (b) there were substituted the following paragraph:
by any solicitors’ nominee company operated by a solicitor with the consent of the relevant District Law Society as a nominee in respect of securities and documents of title held for clients.