Part 3Reserved legal activities
Alteration of reserved legal activities
I124Extension of the reserved legal activities
1
The Lord Chancellor may, by order, amend section 12 or Schedule 2 (reserved legal activities) so as to add any legal activity to the activities which are reserved legal activities for the purposes of this Act.
2
An order under subsection (1) may be made only on the recommendation of the Board.
3
Schedule 6 makes provision about the making of recommendations for the purposes of this section.
4
Where a recommendation is made in relation to an activity, the Lord Chancellor must—
a
consider the report containing the recommendation given to the Lord Chancellor under paragraph 16(3)(a) of that Schedule,
b
decide whether or not to make an order under this section in respect of the activity, and
c
publish a notice of that decision,
within the period of 90 days beginning with the day on which the report was given to the Lord Chancellor.
5
Where the Lord Chancellor decides not to make an order under this section in respect of an activity, the notice under subsection (4)(c) must state the reasons for that decision.