The Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 3362

Legal Services, England and Wales

The Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2006

Made

15th December 2006

Laid before Parliament

15th December 2006

Coming into force

5th January 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(11)(b) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990(1).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2006.

Commencement

2.  This Order comes into force on 5th January 2007.

Amendment

3.  In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) Order 1990(2), after “The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys”, insert “The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen”.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

15th December 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 22 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, the Legal Services Ombudsman has jurisdiction to investigate allegations about the way that a professional body has dealt with a complaint made to it. This order extends the jurisdiction to include the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen, consequent upon that body being authorised, by the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Order 2006(3), to grant rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation.

(1)

1990, c. 41; reference to Secretary of State substituted by Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), Sch 2 para 8(1)(a).

(2)

S.I. 1990/2485, amended by S.I. 1998/935, S.I. 1999/2905 and S.I. 2005/2485.

(3)

S.I. 2006/…