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Access to Justice Act 1999

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

39 Rights of audience: change of authorised body.

In the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, after section 31B (inserted by section 38 above) insert— Change of authorised body. 31C (1) Where a person— (a) has at any time had, and been entitled to exercise, a right of audience before a court in relation to proceedings of any description granted by one authorised body; and (b) becomes a member of another authorised body and has a right of audience before that court in relation to that description of proceedings granted by that body, any qualification regulations of that body relating to that right shall not have effect in relation to him. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any qualification regulations to the extent that they impose requirements relating to continuing education or training which have effect in relation to the exercise of the right by all members of the body who have the right. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if he has been banned from exercising the right of audience by the body mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection as a result of disciplinary proceedings and that body has not lifted the ban.

Your change, as a redline

39 Rights of audience: change of authorised body.

In the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, after section 31B (inserted by section 38 above) insert— Change of authorised body. 31C (1) Where a person— (a) has at any time had, and been entitled to exercise, a right of audience before a court in relation to proceedings of any description granted by one authorised body; and (b) becomes a member of another authorised body and has a right of audience before that court in relation to that description of proceedings granted by that body, any qualification regulations of that body relating to that right shall not have effect in relation to him. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any qualification regulations to the extent that they impose requirements relating to continuing education or training which have effect in relation to the exercise of the right by all members of the body who have the right. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if he has been banned from exercising the right of audience by the body mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection as a result of disciplinary proceedings and that body has not lifted the ban.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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