Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 3092
Legal Services, England And Wales
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Legal Complaints) (Parties) 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 128(4)(d) of the Legal Services Act 2007( 1 ).
The Office for Legal Complaints has made a recommendation under section 130(1) of that Act.
Before making the recommendation, in accordance with section 130(3), 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 (Legal Complaints) (Parties) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st February 2013.
Persons who may be complainants
2. A person may be a complainant (“C”) within section 128(4)(d) of the Legal Services Act 2007 if the services to which the complaint relates were—
(a) offered by the respondent to C, or
(b) refused by the respondent to C.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Helen Grant
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
11th December 2012