Legal Services Act 2007

1 (1) This paragraph applies where a body wishes to become a licensing authority in relation to one or more activities which constitute one or more reserved legal activities. E+W

(2) The body may apply to the Board for the Board—

(a) to recommend that an order be made by the Lord Chancellor designating the applicant as a licensing authority in relation to the reserved legal activity or activities in question, and

(b) to approve what the applicant proposes as its licensing rules if such an order is made (“the proposed licensing rules”).

(3) But the body may make an application under this paragraph in relation to a reserved legal activity only if—

(a) it is a relevant approved regulator in relation to the activity, or

(b) it has made an application under Part 2 of Schedule 4 (designation of approved regulators) for the Board to recommend that an order be made by the Lord Chancellor designating the body as an approved regulator in relation to the activity.

(4) An application under this paragraph must be made in such form and manner as the Board may specify in rules and must be accompanied by—

(a) a statement of the reserved legal activity or activities to which it relates,

(b) details of the applicant's proposed licensing rules,

(c) such explanatory material as the applicant considers is likely to be needed for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, and

(d) the prescribed fee.

(5) The prescribed fee is the fee specified in, or determined in accordance with, rules made by the Board with the consent of the Lord Chancellor.

(6) An applicant may, at any time, withdraw the application by giving notice to that effect to the Board.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 10 para. 1 partly in force; Sch. 10 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 211; Sch. 10 para. 1(1)(4)(5) in force at 1.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3149, art. 2(d)(ii)

I2 Sch. 10 para. 1(2)(3)(6) in force at 2.8.2010 by S.I. 2010/1118, art. 2(b)