2012 No. 3091
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Alteration of Limit) Order 2012
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 139(1) of the Legal Services Act 20071.
The Office for Legal Complaints has made a recommendation under section 139(2) of that Act.
Before making the recommendation, in accordance with section 139(4), the Office for Legal Complaints published a draft of the proposed recommendation, invited representations regarding that recommendation and considered the representations which were made.
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Alteration of Limit) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st February 2013.
Alteration of Limit2
In section 138(1) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (limitation on value of directions under the ombudsman scheme), for “£30,000” substitute “£50,000”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
(This note is not part of the Order)