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 person of the kind mentioned in paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 15,
a body recognised under section 9 or 32 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61) (recognised bodies), or
a legal partnership, a conveyancing partnership, a patent attorney body or a trade mark attorney body.
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.