After section 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (qualifications for practising as solicitor) there shall be inserted the following section—
Practising certificates: employed solicitors. (1A) A person who has been admitted as a solicitor and whose name is on the roll shall, if he would not otherwise be taken to be acting as a solicitor, be taken for the purposes of this Act to be so acting if he is employed in connection with the provision of any legal services— (a) by any person who is qualified to act as a solicitor; (b) by any partnership at least one member of which is so qualified; or (c) by a body recognised by the Council of the Law Society under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (incorporated practices).