http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/85Legal 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 Participation2024-03-04 Part 5Alternative business structures<Emphasis>Licensing</Emphasis>Terms of licence851A licence issued under section 84 must specify—athe activities which are reserved legal activities and which the licensed body is authorised to carry on by virtue of the licence, andbany conditions subject to which the licence is granted.2If an order under section 106 has been made in relation to the licensed body, the licence must also specify the terms of the order.3In the case of a licensing authority other than the Board, the licence may authorise the licensed body to carry on activities which are reserved legal activities only if the licensing authority is designated in relation to the reserved legal activities in question.4A licence must be granted subject to the condition that—aany obligation which may from time to time be imposed on the licensed body or a person within subsection (5) by or under the licensing authority's licensing rules is complied with, andbany other obligations imposed on the licensed body or a person within that subsection by or under this or any other enactment (whether passed before or after this Act) are complied with.5The persons mentioned in subsection (4) are the managers and employees of a licensed body, and non-authorised persons having an interest or an indirect interest, or holding a material interest, in the licensed body (in their capacity as such).6A licence may be granted subject to such other conditions as the licensing authority considers appropriate.7Those conditions may include conditions as to the non-reserved activities which the licensed body may or may not carry on.8In this Part references to the terms of the licence are to the matters listed in subsections (1) and (2).S. 85 in force at 1.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2196, art. 2(1)(c) (with art. 4)
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