Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I extended (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 6(2)(c) (with ss. 16(5), 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2
C2Pt. 1: functions of the Lord Chancellor transferred (19.8.2003) to the Secretary of State by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 4, Sch. 1 (with art. 6)
Pt. 1: functions of the Secretary of State transferred (12.1.2006) to the Lord Chancellor by The Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3429), art. 3 (with arts. 4, 5)
(1)There shall be a body known as the Legal Services Commission (in this Part referred to as “the Commission”).
(2)The Commission shall have the functions relating to—
(a)the Community Legal Service, and
(b)the Criminal Defence Service,
which are conferred or imposed on it by the provisions of this Act or any other enactment.
(3)The Commission shall consist of—
(a)not fewer than seven members, and
(b)not more than twelve members;
but the [F1 Secretary of State] may by order substitute for either or both of the numbers for the time being specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) such other number or numbers as he thinks appropriate.
(4)The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the [F1 Secretary of State] ; and the [F1 Secretary of State] shall appoint one of the members to chair the Commission.
(5)In appointing persons to be members of the Commission the [F1 Secretary of State] shall have regard to the desirability of securing that the Commission includes members who (between them) have experience in or knowledge of—
(a)the provision of services which the Commission can fund as part of the Community Legal Service or Criminal Defence Service,
(b)the work of the courts,
(c)consumer affairs,
(d)social conditions, and
(e)management.
(6)Schedule 1 (which makes further provision about the Commission) has effect.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 9 {Sch. 2 para. 11(1)(a)}