2017 No. 22
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Claims Management Complaints) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by sections 174A(3) and (5) and 204(3) of the Legal Services Act 20071.
A draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 206(5) of that Act2 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Claims Management Complaints) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Amendments to the Legal Services Act 2007 (Claims Management Complaints) (Fees) Regulations 20142
1
The Schedule to the Legal Services Act 2007 (Claims Management Complaints) (Fees) Regulations 20143 is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 3—
a
in sub-paragraph (2), for “£154,286.00” substitute “£157,143.00”;
b
in table 2—
i
in column 1, for “154,286.00” substitute “157,143.00”, and
ii
in column 2—
aa
for “105.00” substitute “75.00”;
bb
for “210.00” substitute “150.00”;
cc
for “350.00” substitute “250.00”;
dd
for “476.00” substitute “340.00”, and
ee
for “756.00” substitute “550.00”;
c
in sub-paragraph (3)—
i
for “£154,286.00” substitute “£157,143.00”;
ii
in paragraph (a), for “0.49%” substitute “0.35%”;
iii
in paragraph (b), for “0.33%” substitute “0.25%”, and
iv
in paragraph (c), for “0.27%” substitute “0.2%”, and
d
in sub-paragraph (4), for “£59,950.00” substitute “£50,000.00”.
3
In paragraph 4(3), for “£4,996.00” substitute “£4166.00”.
Transitional provision3
1
Regulation 2 does not affect the complaints fee for the first complaints handling year or the complaints handling year beginning with 1st April 2016.
2
In this regulation, “complaints fee” and “first complaints handling year” have the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007 (Claims Management Complaints) (Fees) Regulations 2014.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)