Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5)

[F1 Part 2A S Special provision for licensed providers

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2A inserted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 2.7.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 81, 150(2) (with ss. 30(3), 60(3), 89, 121(5), 124(3)); S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2012/152, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

57C Levy, advice and guidance S

(1) A licensed provider must pay to the Commission—

(a) the annual general levy, and

(b) the complaints levy (if arising),

in accordance with Part 1 (and in addition to any levy payable under that Part by a solicitor or other person within the licensed provider).

(2) Section 29 applies for the purposes of subsection (1) as it applies for the purposes of sections 27(1) and 28(1).

(3) For the application of sections 27(1), 28(1) and 29 by virtue of subsections (1) and (2)—

(a) an approved regulator is to be regarded as a relevant professional organisation whose members are its licensed providers,

(b) a licensed provider is to be regarded—

(i) in connection with the annual general levy, as an individual person falling within the relevant category,

(ii) in connection with the complaints levy, as an individual practitioner of the relevant type.

(4) But the amount of the annual general levy for a licensed provider may be—

(a) different from the amount to be paid by individuals,

(b) of different amounts (including nil) in different circumstances.

(5) The Commission—

(a) must (so far as practicable) provide advice to any person who requests it as respects the process of making a regulatory complaint to the Commission,

(b) may issue guidance under section 40 to approved regulators and licensed providers as respects how licensed providers are to deal with regulatory complaints.]