Version Superseded: 01/04/2014
Point in time view as at 01/04/2011. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 15 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 August 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Licensing rules must provide for—
(a)consultation with the OFT, where appropriate in accordance with subsection (2), in relation to a licence application,
(b)how the approved regulator is to deal with a licence application where it believes that granting it would cause (directly or indirectly) a material and adverse effect on the provision of legal services.
(2)For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), it is appropriate to consult the OFT where the approved regulator believes that the granting of the licence application may have the effect of—
(a)preventing competition within the legal services market, or
(b)significantly restricting or distorting such competition.
Commencement Information
I1S. 15 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 3, Sch.
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