SCHEDULE 4 Approved Regulators | Part 2 | Designation Of Bodies By Order | Legal Services Act 2007 C29

Part 2 Designation of Bodies by Order

Legal Services Act 2007 (2007 c 29) | Legislation

Part 2 Designation of Bodies by Order

Application to the Board

(1) This paragraph applies where a body wishes to authorise persons to carry on one or more activities which constitute one or more reserved legal activities.

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

(a) to recommend that an order be made by the Lord Chancellor designating the body as an approved regulator in relation to the reserved legal activity or activities in question, and

(b) to approve what the body proposes as its regulatory arrangements if such an order is made (“the proposed regulatory arrangements”).

(3) An application under this paragraph must be made in such form and manner as the Board may specify in rules and must be accompanied by—

(a) a statement of the reserved legal activity or activities to which it relates,

(b) details of the applicant's proposed regulatory arrangements,

(c) such explanatory material (including material about the applicant's constitution and activities) as the applicant considers is likely to be needed for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, and

(d) the prescribed fee.

(4) The prescribed fee is the fee specified in, or determined in accordance