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Changes over time for: Section 60
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Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, Section 60.
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60Inducements: interpretationE+W
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(1)In relation to an offer of a benefit which is an inducement to make a claim in civil proceedings for damages for personal injury or death or arising out of circumstances involving personal injury or death—
(a)a regulator is any person listed in column 1 below;
(b)a regulated person is any person listed in column 2;
(c)a regulator in column 1 is the relevant regulator in relation to the corresponding person in column 2.
Regulator | Regulated person |
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The General Council of the Bar | A person authorised by the Council to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007 |
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives | A person authorised by the Institute to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007 |
The Law Society | A person authorised by the Society to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007 |
A licensing authority for the purposes of Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (alternative business structures) | A person who is licensed by the authority to carry on a reserved legal activity |
A regulatory body specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor | A person of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor in relation to the body specified under column 1 |
(2)For the purposes of this section and sections 58 and 59—
“benefit” means—
(a)
any benefit, whether or not in money or other property and whether temporary or permanent, and
(b)
any opportunity to obtain a benefit;
“claim” includes a counter-claim;
“legal services” means services provided by a person which consist of or include legal activities (within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007) carried on by or on behalf of that person;
“personal injury” includes any disease and any other impairment of a person's physical or mental condition.
(3)For the purposes of this section and section 59 whether an offer of a benefit is an inducement to make a claim is to be determined in accordance with section 58.
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