The Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) (No.2) Order 2014

Made: 6th November 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

In accordance with section 206(5) of the Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) (No.2) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Designation of approved regulator

2

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives is designated as an approved regulator in relation to—

• (a) reserved instrument activities; and

• (b) probate activities[^f00002].

Signed

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Shailesh Vara — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 6th November 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (“CILEx”) as an approved regulator under Part 4 (regulation of approved regulators) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) (“the Act”) in relation to reserved instrument activities and probate activities. The Institute is already designated as an approved regulator in relation to the exercise of a right of audience, the administration of oaths and the conduct of litigation by virtue of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act and the Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulators) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1118).

An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument. A full impact assessment of the effect of the policy implemented by this instrument on the costs of business and the voluntary sector was produced with the Government’s consultation on the Legal Services Bill and is available at http://www.justice.gov.uk or from the Head of Legal Services Policy, Law and Access to Justice Group, Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 c. 29.

[^f00002]: “Reserved instrument activities” and “probate activities” are reserved legal activities under section 12(1)(c) and (d) of the Legal Services Act 2007. Paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 2 to that Act make provision, respectively, about what constitutes such activities.