The Commissioners for Oaths (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/1380
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Commissioners for Oaths (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 17th June 1994.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;

“ the Council ” means the Council for Licensed Conveyancers;

“licensed conveyancer” has the same meaning as it has in the Administration of Justice Act 1985 by virtue of section 11 of that Act.

Section 3 Licensed conveyancers authorised to administer oaths

The Council shall be a prescribed body for the purposes of section 113 of the Act, and every licensed conveyancer shall accordingly have the powers conferred on a commissioner for oaths by the Commissioners for Oaths Acts 1889 and 1891 and section 24 of the Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 .