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SRA Handbook
Applications for authorisation
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Rule 4: Applications for authorisation
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A licensable body, a legal services body or a sole practitioner may make an application for authorisation in accordance with these rules.
- 4.2
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[Deleted]
- 4.3
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The SRA may grant the application in relation to one or more reserved legal activity.
- 4.4
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An application by a licensable body, a legal services body or a sole practitioner for authorisation must notify the SRA of the practising address and, where different, the registered address, of any overseas practices for which it would, if authorised, be the responsible authorised body.