s 129 Pre-commencement acts and omissions
(1) For the purposes of section 128 a person is to be regarded as an authorised person in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity, at a time before section 125 comes into force, if the person was at that time— (a) a person of the kind mentioned in paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 15, (b) a body recognised under section 9 or 32 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (recognised bodies), or (c) a legal partnership, a conveyancing partnership, a patent attorney body or a trade mark attorney body. (2) In this section— “ conveyancing partnership ” has the meaning given by paragraph 11(5) of Schedule 5; “ legal partnership ” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(4) of that Schedule; “ patent attorney body ” has the meaning given by paragraph 14(7) of that Schedule; “ trade mark attorney body ” has the meaning given by paragraph 16(7) of that Schedule.