The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Referral Fees) Regulations 2013

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 FCA

    1. 3.Functions of the FCA

    2. 4.Monitoring and enforcement

    3. 5.Guidance

    4. 6.Complaints

    5. 7.Fees, &c.

    6. 8.Exemption from liability in damages

  4. PART 3

    1. 9.Certain payments to be treated as referral fees

  5. PART 4

    1. 10.Reporting requirements

    2. 11.Restrictions on disclosure of information

    3. 12.Disclosure of confidential information: application of certain provisions

  6. PART 5

    1. 13.Investigations under Part 11 of the 2000 Act

  7. PART 6

    1. 14.Public censure

    2. 15.Statement of misconduct

    3. 16.Financial penalties

    4. 17.Restrictions on permission to carry on regulated activities

    5. 18.Suspension of and restrictions on approval to carry on functions

    6. 19.Misleading the FCA

    7. 20.Restriction on penalties

    8. 21.Liability of officers of bodies corporate, &c.

    9. 22.Proceedings for offences

    10. 23.Proceedings against unincorporated bodies

  8. PART 7

    1. 24.Application of Part 25 of the 2000 Act

  9. PART 8

    1. 25.Requirement to issue warning notice

    2. 26.Requirement to issue decision notice

    3. 27.Warning notices and decision notices: approved persons

    4. 28.Referral to Tribunal

    5. 29.Statements of policy

    6. 30.Application of Part 26 of the 2000 Act

  10. PART 9

    1. 31.The Tribunal

  11. PART 10

    1. 32.Specification of authorised persons to be regulated persons

  12. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      Meaning of referral fees authorised person

      1. 1.A “referral fees authorised person” means an authorised person falling...

      2. 2.An authorised person falls within this paragraph if the authorised...

      3. 3.The regulated activities referred to in this paragraph are—

      4. 4.An authorised person (“A”) falls within this paragraph if A...

      5. 5.In this Schedule— “group” has the meaning given in section...

  14. Explanatory Note