2006 No. 3362

Legal Services, England and Wales

The Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(11)(b) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 19901.

Citation1

This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2006.

Commencement2

This Order comes into force on 5th January 2007.

Amendment3

In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) Order 19902, after “The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys”, insert “The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen”.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Bridget PrenticeParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Constitutional Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 22 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, the Legal Services Ombudsman has jurisdiction to investigate allegations about the way that a professional body has dealt with a complaint made to it. This order extends the jurisdiction to include the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen, consequent upon that body being authorised, by the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Order 20063, to grant rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation.