LegalizeThe Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006
Made: 12th December 2006
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2
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PART 1 — Preliminary
Citation
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Commencement
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Definitions
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Documents in electronic form
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Use of electronic communication
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PART 2 — Waiver of requirement for authorisation
Circumstances in which Regulator may waive requirement for authorisation
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Conditions on waiver
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PART 3 — Grant of authorisations
Application for authorisations
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Payment of application fee
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Decisions about authorisations
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Time for deciding applications
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Conditions of authorisation
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Grant and refusal of authorisations
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Surrender of authorisations
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PART 4 — Fees
Determination of fees
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Amendment etc of fees determination
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Invoicing for fees
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Payment of fees by cheque
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Refund etc of fees
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Cancellation for non-payment of fee
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PART 5 — Indemnity insurance
Directions about indemnity insurance
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PART 6 — Rules and codes of practice
Rules
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Matters that the rules may cover
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Codes of practice
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Amendment etc of rules or code of practice
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Charge for supply of copies
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Redress
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PART 7 — Information and Directions
Review by the Regulator of complaint handling
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Directions of the Regulator about complaints handling and related matters
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PART 8 — Routine audit
Routine inspection of records
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PART 9 — Investigation
CHAPTER 1 — Preliminary
Definitions for this Part
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CHAPTER 2 — Investigation—offences by unauthorised persons
Investigation of offences against section 4(1) of Act: requirement to provide information
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Requirements for information under section 8(4) of Act
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Search warrants under section8 of the Act
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CHAPTER 3 — Investigation—failures by authorised persons to comply with conditions of authorisation
Regulator to investigate complaints or suspicions of unprofessional conduct
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Breaches by authorised persons of condition: requirement to provide information etc
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Search warrants for purposes of investigation of professional conduct
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CHAPTER 4 — Search warrants generally
Definitions
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Application generally
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Issue of warrants generally
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Search warrants—form
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Execution of warrants
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Copying of documents
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Record to be given of records copied
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Retention of copies
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PART 10 — Cancellation, suspension and variation of authorisations
Cancellation etc of authorisations
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Procedure for cancellation etc
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Signed
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Cathy Ashton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Constitutional Affairs — 12th December 2006
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2006 c.29.
[^f00002]: The procedure is set out in regulations 22 and 24 respectively.
[^f00003]: 1984 c.60.
[^f00004]: A District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) is by virtue of his or her office a justice of the peace—see s25 of the Courts Act 2003 (2003 c.39).
[^f00005]: 1984 c.60.
[^f00006]: 1984 c.60. Section 66 amended by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c.43), ss 57(1), (4); and the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), ss 110(3)(a), 110(3)(b), 174(2) and Sch 17, Pt 2
[^f00007]: 1984 c.60.
[^f00008]: The Tribunal has the power to suspend the operation of the Regulator’s decision—see the Act, s11(4).
[^f00009]: 2006 c.29.
[^f00010]: See the Compensation (Regulated Claims Management Services) Order 2006, SI2006/….
Editorial notes
Definitions for this Part
Requirement to have professional indemnity insurance for persons who provide representation
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Minimum terms of professional indemnity insurance
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Record to be given of records seized
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Retention of copies
Notice lifting a restriction on surrender
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PART 11 — FINANCIAL PENALTIES
Requirement to pay a penalty
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Determining the amount of a penalty
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Relevant turnover
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Notice of proposed penalty and written submissions
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Procedure for requiring an authorised person to pay a penalty
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Treatment of unpaid penalty as a debt
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Treatment of income from penalties
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Service of notices under this Part
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Power to share information
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Directions of the Regulator about complaints handling and related matters
Search warrants under section 8 of the Act
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