Part 1 Qualifying Regulators
Legal Services Act 2007 (2007 c 29) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 18 Immigration Advice and Immigration Services

Section 186

Part 1 Qualifying Regulators

Designation orders

1

In this Part of this Schedule “designation order†means an order made under section 86A(6) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33) (designated qualifying regulators entitled to authorise persons to provide immigration advice and immigration services).

Continuity of existing rights

2

Each of the following bodies is a qualifying regulator for the purposes of Part 5 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999—

(a)     the Law Society;

(b)     the Institute of Legal Executives;

(c)     the General Council of the Bar.

Application to become a qualifying regulator

3

(1)     This paragraph applies where a body wishes to become a qualifying regulator for the purposes of Part 5 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

(2)     A body may apply to the Board for the Board—

(a)     to designate the body as a qualifying regulator for those purposes, and

(b)     to approve what the applicant proposes as its regulatory arrangements if a designation order is made (“the proposed regulatory arrangementsâ€).

(3)     But a body may make an application under this paragraph only if—

(a)     it is an

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