Part 2Regulation of licensed legal services
Chapter 2Licensed legal services providers
Professional practice etc.
I173Concealing disqualification
1
Subsection (2) applies to—
a
a person who has been struck off the roll of solicitors or suspended from practice as a solicitor,
b
a person—
i
who has been suspended from practice as a registered European lawyer or whose registration as a registered European lawyer has been withdrawn, or
ii
who has been suspended from practice as a registered foreign lawyer or whose registration as a registered foreign lawyer has been withdrawn,
c
a person who has been prohibited (including by reason of a disqualification or another removal of a right to provide services) from—
i
practising as an advocate,
ii
acting as a conveyancing or executry practitioner,
iii
acting as a litigation practitioner, or
iv
acting as a confirmation agent or will writer within the meaning of Part 3.
2
The person is guilty of an offence if, while the person is so debarred (however described in subsection (1)), the person seeks or accepts employment by a licensed provider without previously informing it of the debarment.
3
A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
4
Subsection (5) applies to a body whose certificate of recognition as an incorporated practice has been revoked.
5
The body is guilty of an offence if, while the revocation subsists, the body seeks or accepts employment by a licensed provider without previously informing it of the revocation.
6
A body which commits an offence under subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.