The Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2020

Made: at 12.46 p.m. on 12th March 2020

Coming into force: 6th April 2020

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

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2020 and comes into force on 6th April 2020.

Designation of approved regulator

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales is designated as an approved regulator in relation to the administration of oaths[^f00002].

Signed

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Chris Philp — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 12th March 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“the Institute”) as an approved regulator under Part 4 (regulation of approved regulators) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) in relation to the administration of oaths. Designation will allow the Institute to authorise and regulate persons in relation to the administration of oaths.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 c. 29.

[^f00002]: “The administration of oaths” is a reserved legal activity under section 12(1)(f) of the Legal Services Act 2007. Paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to that Act makes provision about what constitutes such activity.