Legal Services Act 2007

Part 1 Existing regulators

1 (1) Each body listed in the first column of the Table in this paragraph is an approved regulator.

(2) Each body so listed is an approved regulator in relation to the reserved legal activities listed in relation to it in the second column of the Table.

Table

Approved regulator	Reserved legal activities
The Law Society	The exercise of a right of audience.
	The conduct of litigation.
	Reserved instrument activities.
	Probate activities.
	The administration of oaths.
The General Council of the Bar	The exercise of a right of audience.
	The conduct of litigation.
	Reserved instrument activities.
	Probate activities.
	The administration of oaths.
The Master of the Faculties	Reserved instrument activities.
	Probate activities.
	Notarial activities.
	The administration of oaths.
The Institute of Legal Executives	The exercise of a right of audience.
	The administration of oaths.
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers	Reserved instrument activities.
	The administration of oaths.
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys	The exercise of a right of audience.
	The conduct of litigation.
	Reserved instrument activities.
	The administration of oaths.
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys	The exercise of a right of audience.
	The conduct of litigation.
	Reserved instrument activities.
	The administration of oaths.
The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen	The exercise of a right of audience.
	The conduct of litigation.
The administration of oaths.

2 (1) The regulatory arrangements of a listed body, as they have effect immediately before paragraph 1 comes into force, are to be treated as having been approved by the Board for the purposes of this Act at the time that paragraph comes into force.

(2) “Listed body” means a body listed in the first column of the Table in paragraph 1 as that Table has effect at the time that paragraph comes into force.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1) is without prejudice to the Board’s power to give directions under section 32 (powers to direct an approved regulator to take steps in certain circumstances, including steps to amend its regulatory arrangements).