The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009

Transitory provisions

3.—(1) Until paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 comes into force—

(a) the Law Society may make rules under section 13ZA(7) of the 1974 Act (as inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 16) only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Master of the Rolls; and

(b) the power of the Law Society in section 28(1) of the 1974 Act (as amended by paragraph 30(2) of Schedule 16) to make regulations must be exercised by the Master of the Rolls with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Lord Chief Justice.

(2) Until section 51 comes into force in its entirety—

(a) section 13ZB of the 1974 Act (as inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 16) has effect as if subsections (3) and (4) were omitted;

(b) all fees payable under sections 11 and 13ZB of the 1974 Act (as inserted by paragraphs 11 and 15 respectively of Schedule 16) must be applied by the Law Society for one or more of the following purposes—

(i) the regulation, accreditation, education and training of solicitors and those wishing to become solicitors, including the maintaining and raising of their professional standards and giving advice on practice management and practical support for solicitors’ practices,

(ii) the participation by the Law Society in law reform and the legislative process,

(iii) the provision by solicitors and those wishing to become solicitors of free legal services to the public,

(iv) the promotion of the protection by law of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and

(v) the promotion by the Law Society of the professional interests of solicitors through discussion with, and participation in the activities of, relevant national and international bodies, governments and the legal professions of other jurisdictions; and

(c) the power of the Law Society to determine the level of fees payable under sections 11 and 13ZB of the 1974 Act (as inserted by paragraphs 11 and 15 respectively of Schedule 16) must be exercised by the Master of the Rolls with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Lord Chief Justice.