Section 22 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (unqualified person not to prepare certain instruments) shall be amended as follows.
In subsection (2), after paragraph (ab) there shall be inserted—
(ac)any accredited person drawing or preparing any instrument— (i) which creates, or which he believes on reasonable grounds will create, a farm business tenancy (within the meaning of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995), or (ii) which relates to an existing tenancy which is, or which he believes on reasonable grounds to be, such a tenancy;
In subsection (3A), immediately before the definition of “registered trade mark agent” there shall be inserted—
“accredited person” means any person who is— (a) a Full Member of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, (b) an Associate or Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers, or (c) an Associate or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors;