Schedule 2, Part 2, paragraph 52

A disclosure with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, disciplinary proceedings relating to the performance by a lawyer, auditor, accountant, valuer or actuary of their professional duties. In sub-paragraph (1) “ lawyer ” means— a person who for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) is an authorised person in relation to an activity that constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act), a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland, a solicitor or advocate in Scotland, or a person who is a member, and entitled to practise as such, of a legal profession regulated in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom. Until the coming into force of section 18 of the Legal Services Act 2007, the following is substituted for paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (2) above— . a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales,

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