This section applies for the interpretation of references in this Act to a person carrying on an activity which is a reserved legal activity.
References to a person carrying on an activity which is a reserved legal activity include a person ("E") who—
For the purposes of subsection (2), it is irrelevant whether P is entitled to carry on the activity.
P does not carry on an activity ("the relevant activity") which is a reserved legal activity by virtue of E carrying it on in E's capacity as an employee of P, unless the provision of relevant services to the public or a section of the public (with or without a view to profit) is part of P's business.
Relevant services are services which consist of or include the carrying on of the relevant activity by employees of P in their capacity as employees of P.
Where P is an independent trade union, persons provided with relevant services do not constitute the public or a section of the public where—
Subject to subsection (8), "excepted membership services" means relevant services which relate to or have a connection with—
and such other relevant services as the Lord Chancellor may by order specify.
The Lord Chancellor may by order make provision about the circumstances in which relevant services do or do not relate to, or have a connection with, the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (7).
Subject to that, the Lord Chancellor may by order make provision about—
The Lord Chancellor may make an order under subsection (7), (8) or (9) only on the recommendation of the Board.
If P is a body, references to an employee of P include references to a manager of P.
In subsection (7), "relevant activities", in relation to a person who is or was a member of an independent trade union, means any employment (including self-employment), trade, occupation or other activity to which the person's membership of the trade union relates or related.