On 25/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 25/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 25/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 14/05/2007.
5. Rule 11A of the principal Rules is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(a), the following sub-paragraph:
“(ia)
stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the accounting firm has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”;
(b)
by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(b), the following sub-paragraph:
“(ia)
stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the accounting corporation has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”;
(c)
by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(ba), the following sub-paragraph:
“(ia)
stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the accounting LLP has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”;
(d)
by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(c), the following sub-paragraph:
“(ia)
stating whether the person to be appointed to provide book-keeping services to the solicitor on behalf of the firm or body corporate has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if that person has not completed such a course, undertaking that that person will complete the course within 12 months of being so appointed;”;
(e)
by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (2)(d) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:
“(i)
stating that he is not an employee or immediate family member of the solicitor;
(ia)
stating whether he has completed any course specified under paragraph (2A) and, if he has not completed such a course, undertaking that he will complete the course within 12 months of being engaged by the solicitor as a book-keeper;”;
(f)
(g)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (4)(b);
(h)
by deleting the comma at the end of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:
“(d)
any undertaking under paragraph (2)(a)(ia), (b)(ia), (ba)(ia), (c)(ia) or (d)(ia), relating to the completion of any course specified under paragraph (2A), given by a book-keeper or in respect of a person appointed to provide book-keeping services on behalf of a book-keeper, as the case may be, has not been complied with,”;
(i)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (8)(b); and
(j)
by deleting sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (8) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:
“(c)
the solicitor has received or held conveyancing money in contravention of rule 11B (1); or
(d)
the solicitor has failed to respond to such query from the book-keeper as is necessary to enable the book-keeper to carry out his duties referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).”.