http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/178Legal Services Act 2007An 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.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-20Expert Participation2024-03-04Part 8Miscellaneous provisions about lawyers etcSolicitors, the Law Society and the Disciplinary Tribunal
178The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal: approval of rules1

If the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) makes an alteration of its rules under section 46(9)(b) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (“the tribunal rules”), the alteration does not have effect unless it is approved for the purposes of this Act.

2

An alteration is approved for the purposes of this Act if—

a

it is approved by the Board under Part 3 of Schedule 4 (alteration of approved regulator's regulatory arrangements),

b

it is an exempt alteration, or

c

it is an alteration made in compliance with a direction under section 32 (given by virtue of section 179).

3

For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), paragraphs 20 to 27 of Schedule 4 (procedure for approval of alterations of regulatory arrangements) apply in relation to an application by the Tribunal for approval of an alteration or alterations of the tribunal rules as they apply in relation to an application by an approved regulator for approval of an alteration or alterations of its regulatory arrangements, but as if—

a

paragraph 23 of that Schedule applied in relation to the Law Society as well as the Tribunal,

b

in paragraph 25(3) (grounds for refusal of application), paragraphs (d) and (e) were omitted, and

c

in paragraph 27(3) the reference to section 32 were a reference to that section as applied (with modifications) by section 179.

4

For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), an exempt alteration is an alteration which the Board has directed is to be treated as exempt for the purposes of this section.

5

A direction under subsection (4) may be specific or general, and must be published by the Board.

6

In this section references to an “alteration” of the tribunal rules include the making of such rules and the modification of such rules.

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