(1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall-

(a) prejudice or affect any rights or privileges of any member of Her Majesty's Overseas Judiciary, any legal officer within the meaning of section 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap 87), any person holding an appointment under section 3(1) of the Legal Aid Ordinance (Cap 91) or any person deemed to be a legal officer for the purpose of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap 87) by virtue of section 3(3) of the Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance (Cap 412) or section 75(3) of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap 6) or require any such person or any clerk, trainee solicitor or officer appointed to act for him to be admitted in any case where it would not have been necessary for him to be admitted if this Ordinance had not been enacted; or (Amended 1 of 1981 s. 6; 50 of 1982 s. 7; 35 of 1990 s. 13; 70 of 1991 s. 13; 39 of 1992 s. 12; 8 of 1993 s. 22)
(b) affect any enactment empowering any person, whether or not a solicitor or a barrister, to conduct, convene or otherwise act in relation to any legal proceedings. (Amended 60 of 1994 s. 47)