Search Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Section 38

 Help about opening options

Alternative versions:

Changes to legislation:

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, Section 38 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 12 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

38Abolition of Legal Services CommissionE+W

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)The Legal Services Commission ceases to exist.

(2)Schedule 4 (transfer of employees and property etc of Legal Services Commission) has effect.

(3)The Lord Chancellor must, as soon as practicable after subsection (1) comes into force—

(a)prepare a report on how the Legal Services Commission has carried out its functions in the final period,

(b)lay a copy of the report before Parliament, and

(c)once it has been laid, publish the report.

(4)The Lord Chancellor must, as soon as practicable after subsection (1) comes into force—

(a)prepare a statement of accounts for the Legal Services Commission for the final period, and

(b)send a copy of the statement to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(5)The Comptroller and Auditor General must—

(a)examine, certify and report on the statement, and

(b)arrange for a copy of the statement and the report to be laid before Parliament.

(6)In this section—

  • the final period” means the period—

    (a)

    beginning with end of the last financial year for which the Legal Services Commission produced a report and accounts in accordance with paragraphs 14 and 16 of Schedule 1 to the Access to Justice Act 1999, and

    (b)

    ending immediately before the day on which subsection (1) comes into force;

  • financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31 March.

Commencement Information

I1S. 38 wholly in force at. 1.4.2013; s. 38 not in force at Royal Assent, see s, 151(1); s. 38(2) in force at 4.3.2013 and s. 38(1)(3)-(6) in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/453, arts. 2(a), 3(a)

Back to top

Options/Help

You have chosen to open The Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDF

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open Schedules only

The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?