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| | Legal Services Bill [Lords]
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| | [Third and Fourth SITTINGs]
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| | Clause 4, page 2, line 36, at beginning insert ‘(1)’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 2, line 36, leave out ‘assist in the maintenance and development’ |
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| | and insert ‘ensure the development and maintenance’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 1, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | In relation to subsection (1)(b), the Board must satisfy itself that appropriate |
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| | | standards of education and training, including training in client care, are being |
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| | | maintained by approved regulators and, should it not be so satisfied in respect of |
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| | | any particular education and training scheme or schemes, the Board must |
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| | | consider withdrawal of its approval of that scheme or those schemes.’. |
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| | | Clauses 5 to 7 Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 8, page 3, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | The approval of the Lord Chancellor is required for the appointment of a person |
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| | | to be the chairman or to be another member of the Panel.’.
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | corporate users of such services.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 3, at end insert ‘, and |
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| | | (c) | qualified but non-practising solicitors who, in their professional capacity, |
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| | | use or purchase services provided by persons who are authorised persons |
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| | | in relation to activities which are reserved legal activities.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 11, after ‘(d)’ insert ‘save in respect of a person appointed to |
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| | represent corporate users of reserved legal activities.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 12, at end insert ‘, except for those authorised persons |
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| | referred to under subsection 4(c).’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 21, after ‘appointed’ insert— |
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| | | ‘(a) | by the Board following public advertisement and selection by the |
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| | | prevailing standards for selection of members of public bodies and’. |
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| | | Clauses 9 and 10 Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 11, page 5, line 10, after ‘Board’, insert ‘or on its own initiative’.
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| | Clause 11, page 5, line 16, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(4) | In acting on its own initiative under subsection (1), the Consumer Panel shall not |
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| | | impose any costs on any of the approved regulators.’.
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| | Clause 11, page 5, line 16, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(4) | It shall be the duty of the Board (subject to subsection (5))— |
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| | | (a) | to provide the Consumer Panel with all such information as, having |
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| | | regard, in particular to the need to preserve commercial confidentiality, |
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| | | the Board considers appropriate to disclose to the Panel for the purpose |
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| | | of enabling the Panel to carry out their functions; and |
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| | | (b) | to provide the Panel with all such further information as the Panel may |
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| | | (5) | The Board is not required to provide information by virtue of subsection (4)(b) if, |
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| | | (a) | the need to preserve commercial confidentiality, and |
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| | | (b) | any other matters that appear to the Board to be relevant, |
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| | | | it is reasonable for the Board to refuse to disclose it to the Panel.’ |
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| | Clause 12, page 5, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(ea) | preparation of wills’. |
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| | | Clauses 13 and 14 Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 15, page 7, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | Where P is an independent trade union, persons provided with relevant services |
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| | | (a) | their membership or former membership of P, or |
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| | | (b) | another person’s membership or former membership of P, |
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| | | | do not constitute the public or a section of the public.’. |
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| | | Members’ explanatory statement
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| | | The effect of this amendment is that an independent trade union falls under Clause 15(4), and |
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| | | therefore does not need to be entitled, when it carries out certain member services that are re |
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| | | served legal activities. The individual through whom the union carries on such services will still |
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| | [Adjourned till Tuesday 19th June at 10.30 a.m. |
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