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Barristers (Qualification for Office) Act 1961

As Enacted Cited authorities 1 Cited in Amendments 3 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1961 c. 44


Barristers (Qualification for Office) Act, 1961.

(9 & 10 Eliz. 2) CHAPTER 44

An Act to make provision with respect to the qualification for office of barristers who have been solicitors, and for purposes connected therewith.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S-1 Qualification for office of barristers who have been solicitors.

1 Qualification for office of barristers who have been solicitors.

(1) For the purpose of any statutory provision or custom whereby the qualification of a barrister for holding any office depends upon his having been called to the Bar for a prescribed period, the period in the case of a barrister who before call was a solicitor shall be deemed to include any period after his admission as such during which he is, for the purposes of this section, recognised by the Masters of the Bench of the Inn of Court by which he was called as having been, or certified by the Law Society as having in its opinion been, in practice or in employment as a solicitor.

(2) In this section—

‘barrister’ means a person who is a member of the bar of England;

‘solicitor’ has the same meaning as in the Solicitors Act, 1957 ; and

‘statutory provision’ means any provision contained in or having effect under an Act of Parliament passed before or after this Act,

and this section shall apply in relation to practice or employment as a solicitor before, as well as after, the passing of this Act.

S-2 Short title.

2 Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as theBarristers...

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