2009 No. 501
Legal Services
The Licensed Conveyancers (Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services) Order 2009
Made 5th March 2009
Laid before Parliament 9th March 2009
Coming into force 31st March 2009

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 8 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
1990 c. 41. Paragraph 16(1) was amended by the Licensed Conveyancers (Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/643) which for the figure “£1,000” substituted the figure “£5,000”. In paragraph 16(2) the words “Secretary of State” were substituted by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), Schedule 2 paragraph 8(1)(d). Paragraph 16 will be repealed by the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29); see paragraph 100(e) of Schedule 21 to that Act.
In accordance with paragraph 16(3) of that Schedule, he has consulted the Council for Licensed Conveyancers before making this Order.