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Legal Services Act 2007

Legal Services Act 2007

2007 CHAPTER 29

Commentary on Sections

Part 4: Regulation of Approved Regulators

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Section 51: Control of practising fees charged by approved regulators

160.This section requires the Board to make rules setting out the purposes for which practising fees payable under the regulatory arrangements of approved regulators may be applied. These rules must allow for practising fees to be applied for the purposes set out at section 51(4). This provision further provides that a practising fee charged by an approved regulator to the persons it authorises will only be payable if the Board has approved the level of the fee. The Board must also make rules setting out how it will deal with applications for the approval of practising fees.

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