2010 No. 2842 (C. 127)
Legal Services, England And Wales
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2010
Made 25th November 2010

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 211(2) of the Legal Services Act 2007.
2007 c. 29.

1 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2010.

2 Commencement of provisions
Sections 80 and 81 of the Legal Services Act 2007 come into force on 30th November 2010.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
J Djanogly Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Justice 25th November 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the ninth commencement order made under the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) (“the 2007 Act”).
Article 2 commences sections 80 and 81 of the 2007 Act on 30th November 2010. Section 80 enables the Lord Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Legal Services Board, to make an order either establishing new appellate bodies for the purposes of appeals under Part 5 of the 2007 Act (alternative business structures) or making provision to enable existing bodies to hear such appeals. Section 81 sets out procedural requirements about recommendations by the Legal Services Board for an order under section 80.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the 2007 Act have been or will be brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7	07.03.2008	2008/222
Section 4	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 20(5), 24(3), 26(2), 27, 29, 30, 33, 37(4) and (5), 41(4) and (5), 42 (6) to (10), 44(2), 45(3)(b) and (c), (4) and (7), 48(6) to (9), 49, 50 and 51(1), (3), (4) and (6) to (8)	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 12 to 17, 18(1)(a) subject to transitory provision, 19, 20, 21 partially, 22 to 24 and 25 partially and subject to transitory provision	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 25 wholly but subject to transitional provision	29.03.2010	2010/1118
Sections 26, 28, 31, 32, 34 to 48, 51, 52 to 63, 64 partially and subject to transitory provision and 65 to 68	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Sections 69 and 70	07.03.2008	2008/222
Sections 74, 76(3)(b) and (c), (4) and (7), 79(6) to (10), 84(2) partially, 87(4) and (5), 89, 95(3) and (4), 96(1), 112(2) and (4),	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 75 to 79 wholly	29.03.2010	2010/1118
Section 83(3) to (7)	29.03.2010	2010/1118
Sections 112(1) and (3) and 113 subject to transitory provision	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Section 114	07.03.2008	2008/222
Sections 115 to 124,	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 125 and 126 wholly but subject to transitory provision	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Sections 126(3), 127 and 128(3)(b), (4)(d) and (5)(c)	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 128 wholly and 129	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Section 130	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Section 131	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Sections 132 and 133	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 134 and 135	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Sections 136 and 137(4), 140(6)(c), 141(5), (6) and (7), 144(1) and (3) to (7), 145(2) and (3)	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 137 to 143 wholly, 144 and 145 wholly but subject to transitory provision and 146 to 154 wholly	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Sections 155 and 156	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Section 157(3)	29.03.2010	2010/1118
Sections 157 and 158 wholly but subject in part to transitory and transitional provisions and section 159(1) and (2)(a) and (b) for limited purposes	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Section 159(1) and (2)(b) for limited purposes	31.12.2011	2010/2089
Section 159(2)(b) for limited purposes	01.01.2011	2010/2089
Sections 160 and 162	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 163 Section 164 to 166 Sections 167 to 171 all subject to transitory provision	01.01.2010 06.10.2010 01.01.2010	2009/3250 2010/2089 2009/3250
Section 172	07.03.2008	2008/222
Sections 173(1) and (3) to (11), 174(1), (3), (4), (6) and (7),	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Section 173 wholly, 174 and 175(1)(a), (b), (d), (j) and (l) and (2)(a) and (b)	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 175(1)(c), (k), (m) and (n) Section 175(1)(g), (h) and (i)	01.01.2009 06.10.2010	2008/3149 2010/2089
Section 175(2)(c) and (d)	29.03.2010	2010/1118
Section 176 partially	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 177	07.03.2008	2008/222
Sections 178 and 179	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 180	07.03.2008	2008/222
Section 181	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 182	07.03.2010	2008/222
Sections 183 to 185	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 187	07.03.2008	2008/222
Sections 188 to 190, 192 and 193	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 194(8) and (9) and (10)	30.06.2008	2008/1436
Section 194 (wholly), 195 and 196	01.10.2008	2008/1436
Sections 197 and 198	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 199(1) and (2)	07.03.2008	2008/222
Section 199(3)	31.03.2009	2009/503
Section 199(4), (5) and (6)(b)	30.06.2008	2008/1436
Section 199(5) wholly, (6)(a) partially, (6)(b) wholly	31.03.2009	2009/503
Section 199 wholly	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 200(1)	07.03.2008	2008/222
Sections 200(2) to (4), 201, 202 and 203	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Section 204(1), (3) and (4)(a)	07.03.2008	2008/222
Section 204 wholly and 205	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Sections 206, 209 and 210	07.03.2008	2008/222
Certain definitions in section 207	07.03.2008, 30.06.2008 and 31.03.2009	2008/222, 2008/1436 and 2009/503
Section 207 wholly	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Section 208(1)	31.03.2009	2009/503
Section 213	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Schedule 1	07.03.2008	2008/222
Schedules 2 and 3	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 3(1), (3) and (4), 4(2), 11(3), 13, 20 and 23(3) of Schedule 4	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Schedule 4 remainder except paragraph 19(2)(f)	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Schedule 5 subject to transitory provision	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 12(1) to (3), 13 and 14 of Schedule 6	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Schedule 6 wholly	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 1, 2(5) and 10(3) of Schedule 7	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Schedule 7 wholly	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 1, 2(5), 10(5), 13(2)(a) and 21(5) of Schedule 8	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Schedule 8 wholly	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 1, 2(5) and 9(5) of Schedule 9	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Schedule 9 wholly	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 1(1), (4) and (5), 2(2), 9(3), 11, 17, 18(5) and 25(5) of Schedule 10	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Schedules 10 and 11 wholly	29.03.2010	2010/1118
Paragraphs 2(4) and (5) and 4 of Schedule 12	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Paragraph 8 and other paragraphs (for limited purposes only) of Schedule 13	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Paragraphs 1 to 12 of Schedule 15	07.03.2008	2008/222
Paragraphs 13 to 34 of Schedule 15	01.01.2009	2008/3149
Paragraphs 1, 2(b), 4(b), 7(b), 8(1) and (2), 21, 31(1) and (2)(a) and (d), 34(1), (2)(a) and (3), 38(a) in part, 38(b)(i) and (ii), 50(a)(ii), 53, 54(1) and (4)(b), 64(1), (3) and (4), 71 subject to transitory provision, 72(a) and 75(c) partially, 80, 115, 124, 126, 128(a) and (c)(i) and 130 of Schedule 16	07.03.2008	2008/222
Paragraphs 38(b)(iii), 47, 48, 54(2)(a) and (c), (3), (4)(a), (5), (6)(a) and (9)(b), 56(c), 81(1) and (9), 86(g) partially, 111, 112(a), (c) and (d) and 113(b)(iii), 125(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and 128(c)(ii) of Schedule 16	30.06.2008	2008/1436
Paragraphs 31(2)(c) and (e), 32(1), (2)(a) and (c) to (e) and (3) to (7), 33, 35, 36, 37, 41(1) and (2), 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49(b), (d), (f) and (h), 50(b) and (c), 54(6)(b) and (7), 59(b)(iii), 62(d) and (e), 70, 72(b), 74, 75(a) and (c) partially, 77, 79, 81 wholly, 82, 83, 84(1), (2) and (4), 85, 86 wholly, 87 to 93, 94, 95 to 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105(a), (b)(i) and (iii) and (c), 106(a), (b), (d) and (e) partially, 107, 108 to 110, 113(b)(iv) and (c), 114, 116 to 123, 125 wholly, 127, 131, 132, 133, 134 and 136 of Schedule 16	31.03.2009	2009/503
Paragraphs 3, 5, 6, 7(a), 8(3) to (5), 9, 10, 11 subject to transitory provision, 12, 13, 14, 15 subject to transitory provision, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 30, 40, 41(3) to (6), 49(a), (c) and (e), 50(a)(i), 51, 52, 54(2)(b), 75(b) and (c)(partially), 128(d), (e)(ii), (f) and (g), 129, 135 and 138 of Schedule 16	01.07.2009	2009/1365
Paragraphs 2(a) and (c) wholly, 4(a) and (c) wholly, 24 and 25, 26 subject to transitory provision, 27 subject to transitory provision, 28 subject to transitory provision, 29, 31(2)(b), (3) and (4), 32(2)(b), 34(2)(b), 38(a), 54(8) and (9)(a), 55, 56(a) and (b), 57, 58, 59(a) and (b)(i) and (ii), 60, 61, 62(a) to (c), 63, 64(2), 65 to 69, 73 subject to saving, 75(c) partially, 76, 112(b), 113(a) and (b)(i) and (ii), 128(b) and (e)(i) and 137 of Schedule 16	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 39, 78, 100, 105(b)(ii) and 106(c) of Schedule 16 all subject to transitional provision	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 17	07.03.2008	2008/222
Paragraph 10 of Schedule 17	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraph 11 of Schedule 17	07.03.2008	2008/222
Paragraphs 2(a), 4, 5(1), (2)(a) and (b) partially and (3)(a) and (b) partially, 6, 7(1) and (2)(a) and (b) partially, 8, 9, 12 to 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 to 26, 28, 29, 30(1), (2)(b) and (3), 31 and 32(1) to (6)(f), (6)(g) partially and (7) to (18), 33, 34(1), (5) and (6) and 35(1), (5) and (7) to (11) of Schedule 17	31.03.2009	2009/503
Paragraphs 2 wholly and 3 of Schedule 17	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 23, 27, 30 wholly, 34 wholly and 35(2) to (4) and (6) of Schedule 17	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraph 32 of Schedule 17	06.10.2010	2010/2089
Paragraphs 1, 5, 8 and 9 of Schedule 19	07.03.2008	2008/222
Paragraphs 6(1) and (2) and 11(1) and (6) of Schedule 19	30.06.2008	2008/1436
Schedule 20	01.10.2008	2008/1436
Paragraphs 65, 67, 83, 87, 99, 100(b) to (d) and 101 of Schedule 21	31.03.2009	2009/503
Schedule 21 wholly save transitory and saving provision in respect of paragraphs 84(f), 88, 96 and 100(a) and (f)	01.01.2010	2009/3250
Paragraphs 1 to 5 and paragraph 9 (for certain purposes) of Schedule 22	07.03.2008	2008/222
Paragraph 18 of Schedule 22	30.06.2008	2008/1436
Paragraphs 6 to 8, 11(1), 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of Schedule 22	31.03.2009	2009/503
Schedule 23 partially	07.03.2008, 30.06.2008, 01.10.2008, 31.03.2009, 01.07.2009, 01.01.2010, 06.10.2010, 01.01.2011 and 31.12.2011	2008/222, 2008/1436, 2008/1436, 2009/503, 2009/1365, 2009/3250, 2010/2089, 2010/2089 and 2010/2089
Schedule 24	01.01.2010	2009/3250