2005 No. 2305

LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Conditional Fee Agreements (Revocation) Regulations 2005

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Lord Chancellor by sections 58(3)(c), 58A(3), 119 and 120(3) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 19901 and now vested in him2 makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Conditional Fee Agreements (Revocation) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st November 2005.

Revocation2

Subject to regulation 3, the Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 20003 (the “CFA Regulations”), the Collective Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 20004 (the “CCFA Regulations”), the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 20035, and the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 20036 are revoked.

Savings and transitional provisions3

1

The CFA Regulations shall continue to have effect for the purposes of a conditional fee agreement entered into before 1st November 2005.

2

Paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to a collective conditional fee agreement as if there were substituted for a reference to the CFA Regulations a reference to the CCFA Regulations.

Signed

Catherine. M. AshtonParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Constitutional Affairs

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 (S.I.2000/692), the Collective Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 (S.I.2000/2988), the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I.2003/1240) and the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.I.2003/3344) in respect of conditional fee agreements and collective conditional fee agreements entered into on or after 1st November 2005.

Parties may enter into Conditional Fee Agreements and Collective Conditional Fee Agreements on or after that date based on the primary legislation.