STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 
2009 No. 3339 
LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES 
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Functions of an Approved 
Regulator) Order 2009 
Made - - - - 15th December 2009 
Coming into force in accordance with article 1 
This Order is made under section 69(1) and (6)( a) of the Legal Services Act 2007( b). 
The Legal Services Board has made a recommendation under section 69(2)(a) to which, in 
accordance with section 69(2)(b) and (c), was annexed a draft order which was in a form not 
materially different from this Order. 
That recommendation was, in accordance with section 69(3)(c), made with a view to an order 
being made which enables the body to which th is Order relates, the Institute of Trade Mark 
Attorneys, to carry out its role as an approved regulator more effectively. 
In accordance with section 70(1)( c), the recommendation was made with the consent of the 
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and, before making the recommendation, the Legal Services Board published a draft of the proposed recommendation and proposed draft order as required by 
section 70(2) to (4). 
A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant 
to section 206(5) of the Legal Services Act 2007. 
Accordingly the Lord Chancello r makes the following Order. 
Citation and commencement 
1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Functions of an Approved 
Regulator) Order 2009 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 
Amendment of section 83A(7) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 
2. In section 184(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007, in the new section 83A(7) to be inserted 
into the Trade Marks Act 1994( d) (regulation of trade mark attorneys), in the definition of “trade 
mark agency work” after “United Kingdom” insert “or elsewhere”. 
                                                                                                                                                              
 
 
(a) Section 69 was commenced by S.I. 2008/222 subject to the modifications set out in article 4 of that instrument. 
(b) 2007 c. 29. 
(c) Section 70 was commenced by S.I. 2008/222 subject to the modifications set out in article 5 of that instrument. 
(d) 1994 c. 26.  
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor 
 
 Bridget Prentice  
 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 
15th December 2009 Ministry of Justice 
 
  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
This Order amends section 83A(7) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26) as inserted by section 
184(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29). 
Section 83A(7) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 defines “trade mark agency work” for the purposes 
of section 83A(1)(b) of that Act which gives the person who keeps the register under section 83 
power to make regulations which regulate the carrying on of trade mark agency work by registered 
persons. 
The amendment to section 83A(7) extends the power of the person keeping the register to make 
regulations which regulate work done in the course of carrying on the business of acting as agent 
for others for the purpose of applying for or obtaining th e registration of trade marks outside the 
United Kingdom, in addition to that work carried out in the United Kingdom. 
An impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying this instrument 
and is available alongside this i nstrument on the OPSI website. 
 
£4.00 
 
 
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