47Licensed providersS
(1)For the purposes of this Part, a licensed legal services provider is a business entity which, through the designated and other persons within it—
(a)provides (or offers to provide) legal services—
(i)to the general public or otherwise, and
(ii)for a fee, gain or reward, and
(b)does so under a licence issued by an approved regulator in accordance with the approved regulator's licensing rules.
(2)An entity is eligible to be a licensed provider only if it has within it, for the provision of legal services, at least one solicitor who holds a valid practising certificate that is free of conditions (such as may be imposed under section 15(1)(b) or 53(5) of the 1980 Act).
(3)A licensed provider may not be regulated by more than one approved regulator at the same time.
(4)In this Part, a reference to a licensed provider is to a licensed legal services provider.
Commencement Information
I1S. 47 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 3, Sch.