Legal Services Act 2007 Explanatory Notes

Section 81: Procedural requirements relating to recommendations under section 80

203.Section 80 allows the Lord Chancellor, on the Board’s recommendation, to establish appellate bodies by order, or to modify the operation of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal or the Discipline and Appeals Committee of the CLC, for the purposes of appeals under Part 5. The order may also make provision about fees and costs and may make modifications to any enactment. The order must be in a form that is not materially different from the draft attached to the recommendation by the Board under section 81.

204.Section 81 sets out procedural requirements about recommendations by the Board for an order under section 80.

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