8Authority may grant provisional licence

8 Authority may grant provisional licence

(1) The Authority may grant a provisional licence to an applicant if the Authority is satisfied that the applicant—

(a) has the experience referred to in clause 6(1)(a); and

(b) immediately before the commencement day, carried on business as a conveyancer; and

(c) is otherwise eligible to be granted a full licence.

(2) Despite subclause (1)(b), the Authority may grant a provisional licence to an applicant who did not, immediately before the commencement day, carry on business as a conveyancer if the Authority is satisfied that the applicant—

(a) carried on business as a conveyancer at some time before the commencement day; and

(b) did not carry on that business immediately before the commencement day because of the applicant's pregnancy or status as a parent or carer or because of an impairment; and

(c) otherwise satisfies the criteria set out in subclause (1).

(3) A provisional licence expires 5 years after the day it is granted.

(4) The Authority must ensure that a provisional licence bears the words "Provisional Licence".

(5) Subject to this Schedule, this Act applies to the granting and effect of a provisional licence as if it were a full licence.

(6) In this clause, carer, impairment and parent have the same meanings respectively as they have in the Equal Opportunity Act 1995.

9 Condition on provisional licence

(1) Subject to this clause, the power of the Authority under section 23 of this Act to impose conditions on a full licence applies to a provisional licence.

(2) A provisional licence is subject to the condition that the conveyancing work carried out by the licensee is limited to conveyancing work within the meaning of section 7.1.1 of the Legal Profession Act 2004.

(3) If the Authority considers it appropriate to do so, the Authority may impose a condition on a provisional licence prohibiting the licensee from carrying out a specified class, or specified classes, of conveyancing work within the meaning of section 7.1.1 of the Legal Profession Act 2004.

10 Notices and letterhead

Sections 59 and 60 of this Act apply to a holder of a provisional licence as if a reference in those sections to a licence were a reference to a provisional licence.

11 Provisional licence is cancelled on granting of full licence