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Licensed conveyancers in law and in Parliament

What the statute book and the parliamentary record say about licensed conveyancers — searched by 2 phrases, counted, and published with what each phrase catches by mistake.

Regulator
CLC
Statutory basis
Administration of Justice Act 1985 s.11; Legal Services Act 2007 sch.4
Register
The profession on this site

The oldest hit is the least trustworthy figure here. Two things make it so, and both are visible in this collection.

The oldest documents are the likeliest to use the word in another sense. The oldest hit for “solicitor” is the Taxation Act 1640, and its only occurrence of the word is “Solicitor Generall to the Kings most excellent Majestie”.

And a hit is not always enacted text. legislation.gov.uk’s revised texts carry its own editorial annotations — notes recording that a provision was amended or applied by something later — and the index reads them. The oldest hit for “notary” is the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533, whose only occurrence of the word is the note “S. 11 applied by Public Notaries Act 1843 (c. 90), s. 5”. The 1533 text does not contain it.

When the law mentioned them

1970s 39 in the busiest decade 2020s

Documents per decade, by the year the document itself carries. This is the revised statute book: an Act repealed long ago is generally not on legislation.gov.uk at all, so the early decades are thinner than the history was.

When Parliament mentioned them

1800s “licensed conveyancer” — 89 in the busiest decade 2020s

Spoken and written contributions containing the phrase, by decade. Hansard’s digitised record begins with the 1803 session, so a decade before that is absent rather than quiet. Collected for the profession’s own name only; the other phrases below have totals but no series.

What was searched for, and what it catches

PhraseWhat it is LegislationHansard Debates
“licensed conveyancer” The profession 94 195 0
“Council for Licensed Conveyancers” Its regulator 56 103 4

Legislation named after them

8 documents whose title contains one of these phrases — the law that is about this profession rather than merely mentioning it.

The Acts

21 Acts of a Parliament or Assembly mention this profession, against 73 statutory instruments and other secondary material.

YearActMatched
2020 United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 licensed conveyancer
2015 Deregulation Act 2015 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
2010 Equality Act 2010 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
2007 Legal Services Act 2007 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
2005 Mental Capacity Act 2005 licensed conveyancer
2005 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 licensed conveyancer
2003 Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
2002 Land Registration Act 2002 licensed conveyancer
2002 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
2000 Terrorism Act 2000 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1999 Access to Justice Act 1999 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1997 Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1992 Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1992 Social Security Administration Act 1992 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1990 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1989 Appropriation Act 1989 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1988 Appropriation Act 1988 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1988 Local Government Act 1988 licensed conveyancer
1985 Administration of Justice Act 1985 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1976 Race Relations Act 1976 (Repealed) licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
1974 Solicitors Act 1974 licensed conveyancer, Council for Licensed Conveyancers

The instruments

All 73 statutory instruments and other secondary documents.

Which statute book

LegislatureDocuments
United Kingdom92
Scotland2

These professions are regulated in England and Wales, but the search is not restricted to it: a Scottish instrument mentioning solicitors is about Scottish solicitors, who are a different profession, and dropping it silently would have been a judgement the reader could not check.

In Parliament

298 contributions, 4 debates and 59 written answers mention one of these phrases. Summed across phrases, so a speech naming both the profession and its regulator is counted twice.

Debates on “Council for Licensed Conveyancers”

4 debates whose title or text carries the phrase.

What was said, on “licensed conveyancer”

24 of 195 contributions, newest first. A sample, not the record.

My Lords, as far as I know, the noble Lord is entirely correct in his assumption. If I am, or he is, wrong, I will write accordingly to clarify that point. It will ultimately be for a judicial process—possibly for the Office of the Public Guardian, initi

Lord Bellamy, Powers of Attorney Bill , 16 June 2023 (Lords)

Buying a home is the biggest single commitment that anybody will take on. In this country, 85% of people want to own their own home. We encourage people to own their own home and to make it an investment. We encourage them so that, in later life, people

Mr Marcus Jones, Leasehold Reform , 11 July 2019 (Commons)

2: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 1 to 6 and insert — “PART A2ESTABLISHMENT OF TWO DISTINCT JURISDICTIONSA2 Legal jurisdictions of Wales and of England The legal jurisdiction of England and Wales becomes two legal jurisdictions, that of Wales and that

Wales Bill , 31 October 2016 (Lords)

The policy may have matured, but I assert that this issue needs to be monitored, because it will not go away. That is why the responsibility is not on my Plaid Cymru friends or indeed the official Opposition, but on the Government to acknowledge the impo

Mr Mark Williams, Wales Bill , 12 September 2016 (Commons)

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government amendments 3 to 7. Amendment 60, in clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 4 to 9 and insert— “Part 2B Establishment of Two Distinct Jurisdictions 92B Legal jurisdictions of W

John Bercow, Wales Bill , 12 September 2016 (Commons)

24: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause— “Licensed CLC practitioners (1) Section 53 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (the Council for Licensed Conveyancers: authorisation of individuals to carry on reserved legal activities) is ame

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

42: After Schedule 18, insert the following new Schedule— “The Council for Licensed Conveyancers: other amendments1 The Administration of Justice Act 1985 is amended as follows. 2 (1) Section 15 (issue of licences by the Council for Licensed Conveyancer

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

41: After Schedule 18, insert the following new Schedule— “CLC practitioner services: consequential amendmentsAdministration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)1 The Administration of Justice Act 1985 is amended as follows. 2 (1) In section 16 (conditional lice

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

23: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause— “CLC practitioner services bodies (1) Section 32 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (provision of conveyancing services by recognised bodies) is amended as follows. (2) In the heading, after

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

34: After Clause 83, insert the following new Clause— “Recognised bodies (1) The Administration of Justice Act 1985 is amended as follows. (2) In the title of section 32 (provision of conveyancing services by recognised bodies) after “conveyancing” ins

Deregulation Bill , 5 February 2015 (Lords)

My Lords, Amendments 34 to 40 are tabled to help the Government, the Legal Services Board and the CLC out of a tiny hole, which is why I anticipate that they will shortly be accepted in principle. Under the Legal Services Act 2007, the Council for Lice

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town, Deregulation Bill , 5 February 2015 (Lords)

rose to move, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008. The noble Lord said: This order is presented under Section 55 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Courts and Legal Services

Lord Bach, Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008 , 2 July 2008 (Lords)

I thank the Minister for his explanation of the order, which is quite straightforward. I do, however, have a number of questions to put to him that I hope he will be able to answer. First, we have some concern about security, but I am grateful for the

Lord Henley, Land Registration (Network Access) Rules 2008 , 20 May 2008 (Lords)

In essence, will the Government reassure us today that, in the event there is a mistake on the Land Registry as a result of the misuse of an electronic signature, the Land Registry will indemnify the solicitor or licensed conveyancer against the losses in

Land Registration Bill Hl , 8 November 2001 (Lords)

My Lords, the difference between noble Lords opposite and the Government may be one of emphasis as opposed to substance. In speaking to Amendment No. 81 I shall speak also to Amendments Nos. 82 to 87 and Amendment No. 89 inclusive. The common theme of t

Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Land Registration Bill Hl , 30 October 2001 (Lords)

An obvious objection to this new duty is that it will not be easy to enforce. A solicitor or licensed conveyancer will be very reluctant to inform the registry of a defect in his or her client's title, particularly where it is one that could lead to the

Land Registration Bill Hl , 30 October 2001 (Lords)

Unlike the hon. Gentleman's observation, the second meaning, which goes back to 1714, is more to the point. According to that, conveyancing is the drawing of deeds and other instruments for the transference of property from one person to another; the br

Mr. Lock, Electronic Conveyancing , 9 November 2000 (Commons)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for reminding me of it. A welcome development under the provisions introduced by the previous Government was the great expansion in the numbers of licensed conveyancers. The fact remains, however, that the vast majori

Mr. Hawkins, Electronic Conveyancing , 9 November 2000 (Commons)

(4) The Commissioner shall not be an authorised advocate, authorised litigator, licensed conveyancer or authorised practitioner (within the meaning of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) or a notary.

The Commissioner , 14 July 1999 (Lords)

(4) The Commissioner shall not be an authorised advocate, authorised litigator, licensed conveyancer or authorised practitioner (within the meaning of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) or a notary.

The Commissioner , 22 June 1999 (Commons)

My Lords, the issues raised by the noble Lord, Lord Macaulay, require to be looked at separately. The duty on the organisation to provide documents is a statutory duty. There is no reason to believe that any of the three organisations to which the Bill

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman And Commissioner For Local Administration In Scotland Bill , 11 March 1997 (Lords)

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, said that this is not an exciting Bill. It is the most exciting thing that has happened to me today. When, in days of yore, I was an articled clerk to my noble friend Lord Mishcon, I never ima

Lord Clinton-Davis, Land Registration Bill Hl , 18 November 1996 (Lords)

(4) The Council's powers under this paragraph are exercisable in relation to a person who was, at the material time, a licensed conveyancer even though he is no longer a licensed conveyancer and references to a licensed conveyancer in this paragraph and p

Part I , 24 October 1990 (Lords)

21.—(1) Where the Council is satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of investigating any complaint made to it— (a) alleging professional misconduct by a licensed conveyancer; or(b) relating to the quality of any professional services pro

Part I , 24 October 1990 (Lords)

What was said, on “Council for Licensed Conveyancers”

24 of 103 contributions, newest first. A sample, not the record.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his excellent introduction to what is a complex and technical Bill. I will focus, as the Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion, on a part that may not be at the top of everyone’s agenda—it was not in the Minister’s

Baroness Hodge of Barking, Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] , 8 June 2026 (Lords)

I do not know whether I have the quote here from the previous HMRC permanent secretary—I will dig it up and send it to the Minister—but he actually said, in evidence to the Treasury Committee I think, that he did not quite understand why it was part of h

Baroness Hodge of Barking, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Seventeenth sitting) , 24 November 2022 (Commons)

Q Thank you for coming to give evidence to us. I have two questions for the panel. First, we have heard about weaknesses in the UK’s anti-money laundering supervisory system. I think the estimate from OPBAS was that last year only 15% of supervisors were

Seema Malhotra, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting) , 25 October 2022 (Commons)

My Lords, I venture that this is also a straightforward and, I hope, uncontroversial measure. The order relates to the functions of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives which, for ease, I will refer to as CILEx. In summary, the order—if approved—e

Lord Keen of Elie, Legal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2020 , 9 March 2020 (Lords)

I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2020. The order is straightforward and, I hope, uncontroversial. It rela

Alex Chalk, Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2020 , 24 February 2020 (Commons)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. The purpose of both orders is to ensure the more effective and efficient regulation of the Bar and alternative business structures by the Bar Standards Board. I shall begin by explaining a sma

Lucy Frazer, Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (General Council of the Bar) (Modification of Functions) Order 2018 Draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (General Council of the Bar) Order 2018 , 6 February 2018 (Commons)

My Lords, while these statutory instruments are in the name of the General Council of the Bar, they relate to the functioning of the Bar Standards Board. In accordance with the Legal Services Act 2007, the Bar Council has delegated its regulatory respons

Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) (General Council of the Bar) Order 2018 , 1 February 2018 (Lords)

Lords amendments 41 to 43 and 109 will remove a restriction in the Administration of Justice Act 1985 and the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 that affects the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. The CLC can authorise a body or person only if they are l

Deregulation Bill , 10 March 2015 (Commons)

26: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause— “The Council for Licensed Conveyancers: other amendments Schedule (The Council for Licensed Conveyancers: other amendments) contains other amendments relating to the Council for Licensed Conveyancers

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

34: Clause 110, page 86, line 12, at end insert— “(8A) The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument make such transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate in connection with the coming into fo

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

32: Clause 110, page 85, line 45, at end insert— “(5A) The following provisions come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint— (a) sections (CLC practitioner services bodies) and (Licensed CLC pract

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

42: After Schedule 18, insert the following new Schedule— “The Council for Licensed Conveyancers: other amendments1 The Administration of Justice Act 1985 is amended as follows. 2 (1) Section 15 (issue of licences by the Council for Licensed Conveyancer

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

My Lords, these new clauses fulfil the commitment made by the Government on Report on 5 February in response to a series of amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter. Provisions in the Administration of Justice Act 1985 and the Courts and Le

Lord Wallace of Saltaire, Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

24: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause— “Licensed CLC practitioners (1) Section 53 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (the Council for Licensed Conveyancers: authorisation of individuals to carry on reserved legal activities) is ame

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

41: After Schedule 18, insert the following new Schedule— “CLC practitioner services: consequential amendmentsAdministration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61)1 The Administration of Justice Act 1985 is amended as follows. 2 (1) In section 16 (conditional lice

Deregulation Bill , 4 March 2015 (Lords)

My Lords, Amendments 34 to 40 are tabled to help the Government, the Legal Services Board and the CLC out of a tiny hole, which is why I anticipate that they will shortly be accepted in principle. Under the Legal Services Act 2007, the Council for Lice

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town, Deregulation Bill , 5 February 2015 (Lords)

My Lords, this amendment stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Stevenson. I welcome the provision in the Bill which would empower the Secretary of State to designate a single regulator for all insolvency practitioners in place of the current

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town, Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill , 21 January 2015 (Lords)

My Lords, the purpose of this order is to remove the provisions of the schedule to the Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011 which bring to an end the Law Society’s power

Lord McNally, Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) (Amendment) Order 2012 , 20 November 2012 (Lords)

That the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modification of Functions) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 17 May, be approved.—(Mr Vara.)

Business without Debate , 7 July 2011 (Commons)

Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modifications of Functions) Order 2011

Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories) Order 2011 , 29 June 2011 (Lords)

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modifications of Functions) Order 2011. Relevant Document: 23rd Report from the Joint Co

Lord McNally, Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society and The Council for Licensed Conveyancers) (Modifications of Functions) Order 2011 , 27 June 2011 (Lords)

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel. I welcome these two orders, which appear a little technical—as, indeed, they are. But they are also important milestones on the road to seeing a new form of company opening for

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town, Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2011 , 27 June 2011 (Lords)

My Lords, I confess to being slightly confused. The Minister has addressed the orders in a different order from that in which they appear on today’s Order Paper—and they do have different aspects. As I understand it, the Law Society and the Council for Li

Lord Thomas of Gresford, Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2011 , 27 June 2011 (Lords)

My Lords, I ask that the Committee consider these two orders together. Both were laid before the House on 17 May and, subject to parliamentary approval, the orders will be made by the Lord Chancellor under the Legal Services Act 2007 on the recommendation

Lord McNally, Legal Services Act 2007 (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2011 , 27 June 2011 (Lords)

How this was checked

For each phrase, 3 documents spread across the result set were re-downloaded from legislation.gov.uk and searched for the phrase in their published text. Every one of them contained it.

Legislation from legislation.gov.uk's full-text search; Parliament from the Hansard search API. Both are searched by quoted phrase, and both indexes are stemmed, so one phrase covers its plural. The legislation index is the English-language text: legislation.gov.uk holds Welsh versions of Welsh legislation separately, and a nil return here is a nil return in English. Document counts are a deduplicated union across a profession's phrases. Hansard contribution counts are summed across phrases and are therefore an upper bound, because one speech can match two phrases; the quotations kept are a sample of the total, never the whole of it. Nothing is filtered for relevance -- each phrase carries a caveat naming what it wrongly catches. The oldest hits are the least trustworthy: they are the likeliest to be the word in an older sense, and the legislation index reads legislation.gov.uk's editorial annotations as well as the enacted text, so a document can be returned because a note recording a later amendment mentions the phrase.

Collected 29 September 2026 from legislation.gov.uk and the Hansard search API, both Open Government Licence v3.0.