Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007

[F1 57D Recovery of levy S

(1) An approved regulator must—

(a) secure the collection by it, from its licensed providers, of the annual general levy due by them, and

(b) pay to the Commission a sum representing the total amount which falls to be collected by it under paragraph (a) in respect of each financial year.

(2) Subsection (3) of section 27 applies in relation to any sum due under subsection (1)(b) (including interest) as it applies in relation to any sum due under subsection (2)(b) of section 27.

(3) Subsection (4) of section 27 applies in relation to any sum due under section 57C(1)(a) (including interest) as it applies in relation to any sum due under subsection (1) of section 27.

(4) Subsection (3) of section 28 applies in relation to any sum due under section 57C(1)(b) (including interest) as it applies in relation to any sum due under subsection (1) of section 28.

(5) For the application of sections 27(3) and (4) and 28(3) by virtue of subsections (2) to (4)—

(a) the approved regulator is to be regarded as the relevant professional organisation,

(b) each of its licensed providers is to be regarded—

(i) in relation to section 27(4), as an individual person falling within the relevant category,

(ii) in relation to section 28(3), as an individual practitioner of the relevant type.

(6) Section 57C(1) is subject to subsection (1).]

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)