§ 256 Page 125, line 36, at end insert:
§ '30A. For section 75(7) of that Act (members of the rule committee) there shall be substituted,—
§ "(7) The rule committee shall consist of the following persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor—
- (a) five judges of county courts;
- (b) two district judges;
- (c) two persons who have a Supreme Court qualification (within the meaning of section 57 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); and
- (d) two persons who have been granted by an authorised body, under Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all proceedings in the Supreme Court."
§ 30B. For section 143(1) of that Act (prohibition on persons other than solicitors receiving remuneration for work in county courts) there shall be substituted—
§ "(1) No person other than—
- (a) a legal representative; or
- (b) a person exercising a right of audience or a right to conduct litigation by virtue of an order made under section 9 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (representation in county courts),
§ 30C.—(1) In section 147(1) of that Act (interpretation) after the definition of "landlord" there shall be inserted—
§ " "legal representative" means an authorised advocate or authorised litigator, as defined by section 92(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990."
§ (2) For the word "solicitor" in sections 13(1) and (4), 61(2) and 126 of that Act there shall be substituted "legal representative".
§ (3) For the word "solicitors" in sections 18, 24(1), 27(6), 75(3) (f) and 79 of that Act there shall be substituted "legal representatives".'.
§ 257 Page 125, line 36, at end insert:
§ 'The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42)
§ 30D. In section 40(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (family proceedings rules), for paragraphs (c) to (g) there shall be substituted—
- "(c) one district judge of the principal registry of that Division,
- (d) two Circuit judges,
- (e) one district judge appointed under the County Courts Act 1984,
- (f) two persons who have a Supreme Court qualification (within the meaning of section 57 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990), and
- (g) two persons who have been granted by an authorised body, under Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all proceedings in the Supreme Court.".'.
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 256 and 257. I spoke to these amendments with Amendment No. 169.
Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 256 and 257. —(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.