Part 2Regulation of licensed legal services
Chapter 2Licensed legal services providers
Key duties and positions
I150Key duties
1
A licensed legal services provider must—
a
have regard to the regulatory objectives,
b
adhere to the professional principles,
c
comply with—
i
its approved regulator's regulatory scheme,
ii
the terms and conditions of its licence.
2
A licensed provider must seek to ensure that every designated or other person who is—
a
within the licensed provider, and
b
subject to a professional code of conduct,
complies with the code of conduct.
3
A licensed provider must have within it—
a
a Head of Legal Services (see section 51), and
b
either—
i
a Head of Practice (see section 52), or
ii
a Practice Committee (see section 53).
4
A licensed provider must ensure that the following positions are not left unoccupied—
a
that of its Head of Legal Services, and
b
that (as the case may be)—
i
of its Head of Practice, or
ii
within its Practice Committee by virtue of section 53(3).
5
However, the same person may (at the same time) be a licensed provider's Head of Legal Services and also its Head of Practice.