(a) | by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(a), the following sub-paragraph:“(ia) | stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the accounting firm has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”; |
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(b) | by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(b), the following sub-paragraph: “(ia) | stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the accounting corporation has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”; |
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(c) | by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(ba), the following sub-paragraph: “(ia) | stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the accounting LLP has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”; |
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(d) | by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(c), the following sub-paragraph: “(ia) | stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the firm or body corporate has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”; |
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(e) | by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(d) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs: “(i) | stating that he is not an employee or immediate family member of the solicitor; | (ia) | stating whether he has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if he has not completed such a course, undertaking that he will complete the course within 12 months of being engaged by the solicitor as a book-keeper;”; |
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(f) | by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:“(2A) The Council may specify one or more courses for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a)(ia), (b)(ia), (ba)(ia), (c)(ia) and (d)(ia) by publishing the particulars of the specified courses on the website of the Law Society.”; |
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(g) | by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (4)(b); |
(h) | by deleting the comma at the end of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:“(d) | any undertaking under paragraph (2)(a)(ia), (b)(ia), (ba)(ia), (c)(ia) or (d)(ia), relating to the completion of any course specified under paragraph (2A), given by a book-keeper or in respect of a person appointed to provide book-keeping services on behalf of a book-keeper, as the case may be, has not been complied with,”; |
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(i) | by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (8)(b); and |
(j) | by deleting sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (8) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:“(c) | the solicitor has received or held conveyancing money in contravention of rule 11B (1); or | (d) | the solicitor has failed to respond to such query from the book-keeper as is necessary to enable the book-keeper to carry out his duties referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).”. |
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