Legal Services Act 2007

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162(1)Section 51 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (meaning of “relevant qualification”) is amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)In subsection (2), for from “awarded” to the end substitute “ awarded by a body which, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an approved regulator in relation to the exercise of a right of audience or the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act). ”

(3)In subsection (4)—

(a)in paragraph (b), for “(2)(b)” substitute “ (2) ”,

(b)in paragraph (c), for from “the body” to “of that Act” substitute , for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, the body—

(i)is not an approved regulator in relation to the exercise of a right of audience (within the meaning of that Act), and

(ii)is not an approved regulator in relation to the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act),, and

(c)for from “paragraph 33(1)” to the end substitute “ section 46 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (transitional etc. provision in consequence of cancellation of designation as approved regulator). ”