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2012 No. 3091

Legal Services, England And Wales

The Legal Services Act 2007 (Alteration of Limit) Order 2012

Made

11th December 2012

Laid before Parliament

17th December 2012

Coming into force

1st February 2013

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 139(1) of the Legal Services Act 2007( 1 ).

The Office for Legal Complaints has made a recommendation under section 139(2) of that Act.

Before making the recommendation, in accordance with section 139(4), the Office for Legal Complaints published a draft of the proposed recommendation, invited representations regarding that recommendation and considered the representations which were made.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Alteration of Limit) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st February 2013.

Alteration of Limit

2. In section 138(1) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (limitation on value of directions under the ombudsman scheme), for “£30,000” substitute “£50,000”.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Helen Grant

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

11th December 2012

( 1 )

1. Citation and commencement

2. Alteration of Limit

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The Legal Services Act 2007 (Alteration of Limit) Order 2012 (2012/3091)

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