15(1)Where a recommendation is made to the Lord Chancellor under paragraph 14, the Lord Chancellor may—E+W
(a)make an order in accordance with the recommendation, or
(b)refuse to make such an order.
(2)Where the recommendation relates to more than one reserved legal activity, the Lord Chancellor may make an order under sub-paragraph (1)(a) in relation to all or any of them.
(3)But if the application, in relation to a particular reserved legal activity, was made in reliance on paragraph 1(3)(b), the Lord Chancellor must not make an order in relation to that activity unless the Lord Chancellor has made an order under Part 2 of Schedule 4 designating the body as an approved regulator in relation to that activity.
(4)The Lord Chancellor must—
(a)decide whether to make an order under this paragraph, and
(b)give notice of that decision (“the decision notice”) to the applicant,
within the period of 90 days beginning with the day on which the recommendation was made.
(5)If the Lord Chancellor decides not to make an order in accordance with the whole or part of the recommendation, the decision notice must state the reasons for the decision.
(6)The Lord Chancellor must publish the decision notice.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 10 para. 15 in force at 2.8.2010 by S.I. 2010/1118, art. 2(b)