Statutory Instruments
LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
4th March 2005
Laid before Parliament
8th March 2005
Coming into force
1st April 2005
1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.
2. In Part I of the Schedule to the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) Order 1990(3), after “The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents” there shall be inserted “The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Lammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Date 4th March 2005
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Legal Services Ombudsman has jurisdiction under section 22 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 to investigate allegations about the manner in which a complaint made to a professional body has been dealt with by that body. This Order extends that jurisdiction to include the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. This is consequent on the Institute becoming authorised to grant rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation to its members under sections 27 and 28 of the 1990 Act by the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/240).
Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887).