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Timestamp: 2017-08-24 10:36:14
Document Index: 445401146

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 6', 'art 7', 'art 8', 'art 9', 'art. 1', 'art. 6', 'art. 7', 'art 6', 'art. 2', 'art. 3']

Legal Services Act 2007, 2007 c. 29, Version 06/04/2017
2007 CHAPTER 29
Part 1 (E+W). The regulatory objectives
Part 2 (E+W). The Legal Services Board
Constitution (E+W)
General functions (E+W)
Consumer Panel (E+W)
Part 3 (E+W). Reserved legal activities
Reserved legal activities (E+W)
Carrying on the activities (E+W)
Offences (E+W)
Continuity of existing rights and transitional protection (E+W)
Alteration of reserved legal activities (E+W)
Part 4 (E+W). Regulation of approved regulators
General duties of approved regulators (E+W)
Separation of regulatory and representative functions (E+W)
Performance targets (E+W)
Directions (E+W)
Censure (E+W)
Financial penalties (E+W)
Intervention (E+W)
Cancellation of approval (E+W)
Policy statements (E+W)
Practising fees (E+W)
Regulatory conflict (E+W)
Competition (E+W)
The Board as approved regulator (E+W)
Functions of approved regulators etc (E+W)
Part 5 (E+W). Alternative business structures
Licensing authorities (E+W)
Policy statement (E+W)
Licensing rules (E+W)
Licensing (E+W)
Ownership of licensed bodies (E+W)
Regulation of licensed bodies (E+W)
Special kinds of body (E+W)
Supplementary provision (E+W)
Part 6 (E+W). Legal Complaints
Complaints procedures of authorised persons (E+W)
Overview of the scheme (E+W)
The Office for Legal Complaints (E+W)
The ombudsmen (E+W)
Jurisdiction and operation of the ombudsman scheme (E+W)
Determinations under the scheme (E+W)
Reporting misconduct (E+W)
Co-operation with investigations (E+W)
Defamation (E+W)
Scheme rules (E+W)
Effect on existing arrangements for redress etc (E+W)
Claims management services (E+W)
Part 7 (E+W). Further provisions relating to the Board and the OLC
Guidance (E+W)
Voluntary arrangements (E+W)
Disclosure and use of information (E+W)
Payments by Lord Chancellor (E+W)
The levy (E+W)
OLC expenditure relating to claims management services (E+W)
Payments into the Consolidated Fund (E+W)
Part 8 (E+W). Miscellaneous provisions about lawyers etc
Duties of regulated persons (E+W)
Solicitors, the Law Society and the Disciplinary Tribunal (E+W)
Other lawyers (E+W)
Advocates and litigators (E+W)
Legal professional privilege (E+W)
Employees of housing management bodies (E+W) (P)
Savings (E+W)
Pro bono representation (E+W)
Scotland (E+W)
Part 9 (E+W). General
Protected functions of the Lord Chancellor (E+W)
Notices etc (E+W)
Orders, rules etc (E+W)
Version 28/01/2015
Version 20/01/2015
Version 09/12/2014
Version 21/03/2014
Version 31/12/2011
Version 06/10/2011
Version 12/09/2011
Version 30/11/2010
Version 30/12/2009
Version 14/09/2009
Version 14/10/2008
Version 04/03/2008
An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Legal Services Board and in respect of its functions; to make provision for, and in connection with, the regulation of persons who carry on certain legal activities; to make provision for the establishment of the Office for Legal Complaints and for a scheme to consider and determine legal complaints; to make provision about claims management services and about immigration advice and immigration services; to make provision in respect of legal representation provided free of charge; to make provision about the application of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007; to make provision about the Scottish legal services ombudsman; and for connected purposes.
C1 Act modified (in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending instrument) by The National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1118), art. 6
C2 Act modified (28.11.2008) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transitional Arrangements) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2867), reg. 12(1)(a)(ii) (with reg.1)
1 The regulatory objectives (E+W)
(1) In this Act a reference to “the regulatory objectives” is a reference to the objectives of—
(e) promoting competition in the provision of services within subsection (2) ;
(g) increasing public understanding of the citizen's legal rights and duties;
(3) The “professional principles” are—
(a) that authorised persons should act with independence and integrity,
(b) that authorised persons should maintain proper standards of work,
(c) that authorised persons should act in the best interests of their clients,
(e) that the affairs of clients should be kept confidential.
(4) In this section “authorised persons” means authorised persons in relation to activities which are reserved legal activities.
C3 S. 1 modified (temp.) (7.3.2008) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No.1 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/222), art. 7(1)
2 The Legal Services Board (E+W)
(1) There is to be a body corporate called the Legal Services Board (“the Board”).
(2) Schedule 1 is about the Board.
3 The Board's duty to promote the regulatory objectives etc (E+W)
(1) In discharging its functions the Board must comply with the requirements of this section.
(2) The Board must, so far as is reasonably practicable, act in a way—
(b) which the Board considers most appropriate for the purpose of meeting those objectives.
(3) The Board must have regard to—
4 Standards of regulation, education and training (E+W)
The Board must assist in the maintenance and development of standards in relation to—
(a) the regulation by approved regulators of persons authorised by them to carry on activities which are reserved legal activities, and
(b) the education and training of persons so authorised.
5 Corporate governance (E+W)
In managing its affairs, the Board must have regard to such generally accepted principles of good corporate governance as it is reasonable to regard as applicable to it.
6 Annual report (E+W)
(1) The Board must prepare a report (“the annual report”) for each financial year.
(2) The annual report must deal with—
(a) the discharge of the Board's functions,
(b) the extent to which, in the Board's opinion, the Board has met the regulatory objectives, and
(c) such other matters as the Lord Chancellor may from time to time direct.
(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year, the Board must give the Lord Chancellor a copy of the annual report prepared for that year.
(4) The Lord Chancellor must lay a copy of the annual report before Parliament.
(a) the period beginning with the day on which the Board is established and ending with the next following 31 March, and
7 Supplementary powers (E+W)
The Board may do anything calculated to facilitate, or incidental or conducive to, the carrying out of any of its functions.
8 The Consumer Panel (E+W)
(1) The Board must establish and maintain a panel of persons (to be known as “the Consumer Panel”) to represent the interests of consumers.
(2) The Consumer Panel is to consist of such consumers, or persons representing the interests of consumers, as the Board may appoint with the approval of the Lord Chancellor.
(3) The Board must appoint one of the members of the Consumer Panel to be the chairman of the Panel.
(4) The Board must secure that the membership of the Consumer Panel is such as to give a fair degree of representation to both—
(a) those who are using (or are or may be contemplating using) , in connection with businesses carried on by them, services provided by persons who are authorised persons in relation to activities which are reserved legal activities, and
(b) those who are using (or are or may be contemplating using) such services otherwise than in connection with businesses carried on by them.
(5) The Consumer Panel must not include any person who is—
(a) a member of the Board or of its staff;
(b) a member of the Office for Legal Complaints (see Part 6) , an ombudsman appointed by it or a member of its staff appointed under paragraph 13 of Schedule 15;
(c) a member of the governing body, or of the staff, of an approved regulator;
(d) an authorised person in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity;
(e) a person authorised, by a person designated under section 5(1) of the Compensation Act 2006 (c. 29) , to provide services which are regulated claims management services (within the meaning of that Act) ;
(f) an advocate in Scotland;
(g) a solicitor in Scotland;
(h) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland; or
(i) a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland.
(6) The chairman and other members of the Consumer Panel are to be—
(a) appointed for a fixed period, and on other terms and conditions, determined by the Board, and
(b) paid by the Board in accordance with provision made by or under the terms of appointment.
(7) But a person may be removed from office in accordance with those terms and conditions only with the approval of the Lord Chancellor.
(8) A person who ceases to be chairman or another member of the Consumer Panel may be re-appointed.
I1 S. 8 wholly in force at 1.1.2009, see s. 211 and S.I. 2008/3149, art. 2(a) (subject to art. 3)
9 Committees and the procedure of the Consumer Panel (E+W)
(1) The Consumer Panel may make such arrangements as it thinks fit for committees established by the Panel to give advice to the Panel about matters relating to the carrying out of the Panel's functions.
(2) The Consumer Panel may make such other arrangements for regulating its own procedure, and for regulating the procedure of the committees established by it, as it thinks fit.
(3) Those arrangements may include arrangements as to quorums and as to the making of decisions by a majority.
(4) The committees established by the Consumer Panel may include committees the membership of which includes persons who are not members of the Panel.
(5) The membership of every committee established by the Consumer Panel must contain at least one person who is a member of the Panel.
(6) Where a person who is not a member of the Consumer Panel is a member of a committee established by it, the Board may pay to that person such remuneration and expenses as the Board may determine.