Constitutional Reform Act 2005
21
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Provision
- 21
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
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Official source1 The Solicitors Act 1974 is amended as follows. 2 In section 6 (keeping of the roll) in subsection (1) for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ” . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In section 29 (non-British subjects as solicitors) for “of the Supreme Court or of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland” substitute “ of the Senior Courts or of the Court of Judicature ” . 5 In section 50 (jurisdiction over solicitors)— a in the side-note and subsection (1) for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ” ; b in subsection (2) for “Supreme Court was” substitute “ Senior Courts were ” . 6 In section 87 (interpretation) in the definitions of “contentious business”, “the roll”, and “solicitor” for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ” .
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Constitutional Reform Act 2005 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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