Amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Referral Fees) Regulations 2013
6.—(1) The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Referral Fees) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 18—
(a)in the heading for “restrictions” substitute “conditions or limitations”;
(b)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a) omit “or”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b) for “limitation or other restrictions” substitute “conditions”; and
(iii)after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“; or
(c)limit the period for which any approval of the performance by A of any function to which the approval relates is to have effect.”;
(c)in paragraph (2) for “restriction” substitute “condition”;
(d)in paragraph (3) for “or restriction” substitute “, condition or limitation”;
(e)in paragraph (4) for “restriction” substitute “condition”; and
(f)in paragraph (8) for “restriction” substitute “condition”.
(3) In regulation 25—
(a)in paragraph (1)(d) for “restrict” substitute “impose a condition or limitation on”; and
(b)for paragraph (2)(d) substitute—
“(d)in the case of a suspension of, or a condition or limitation on, an approval under regulation 18, the period for which the suspension, condition or limitation is to have effect.”.
(4) In regulation 26—
(a)in paragraph (1)(d) for “restrict” substitute “impose a condition or limitation on”; and
(b)for paragraph (2)(d) substitute—
“(d)in the case of a suspension of, or a condition or limitation on, an approval under regulation 18, the period for which the suspension, condition or limitation is to have effect.”.
(5) In regulation 27(1) for “restrict” substitute “impose a condition or limitation on”.
(6) In regulation 28 for “impose a suspension or restriction” substitute “suspend or impose a condition or limitation”.
(7) In regulation 29(1)—
(a)for “or restrictions”, in the two places that it occurs, substitute “, conditions or limitations”; and
(b)for “or restriction”, in the two places that it occurs, substitute “, condition or limitation”.
(8) In regulation 31(2)(d), in paragraph (d) of the subsection which is substituted for section 133(7A) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(2) for “impose a suspension of or restriction” substitute “suspend or impose a condition or limitation”.