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Statutory Instruments
Legal Services, England And Wales
Made
at 12.48 p.m. on 12th March 2020
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2020
Coming into force
6th April 2020
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“the Institute”), has applied to the Legal Services Board (“the Board”) under paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Legal Services Act 2007(1) (“the Act”) for the Board to recommend that it be designated as a licensing authority in relation to the administration of oaths(2), having made the application specified by paragraph 1(3)(b) of that Schedule in relation to that reserved legal activity(3).
The Board has made a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor under paragraph 14 of Schedule 10 to the Act, having complied with the requirements of that Schedule, and having granted the Institute’s application.
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 15(1)(a) of Schedule 10 to the Act, having satisfied the precondition described in paragraph 15(3) of that Schedule.
“The administration of oaths” is a reserved legal activity under section 12(1)(f) of the Legal Services Act 2007. Paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to that Act makes provision about what constitutes such activity.
S.I. 2020/271 designated the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as an approved regulator in relation to the administration of oaths.
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