The Legal Services Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009

Consequential amendments to secondary legislation

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

12.  In regulation 2 of the Community Legal Service (Costs) Regulations 2000(1) for the definition of—

(a)“solicitor” substitute—

“solicitor” means a solicitor or another person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act);; and

(b)“supplier” substitute—

“supplier” means any person or body providing funded services to the client, including any person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise of a right of audience (within the meaning of that Act) engaged by the client’s solicitor to act in proceedings;.