Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 3235
Legal Services, England And Wales
The Referral Fees (Regulators and Regulated Persons) Regulations 2014
Made
8th December 2014
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 59(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012( 1 ), makes the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 60(4) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. These regulations may be cited as the Referral Fees (Regulators and Regulated Persons) Regulations 2014 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Regulators and regulated persons
2. For the purposes of section 59(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012—
(a) the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (“CILEx”) is specified as a regulator; and
(b) a person authorised by CILEx to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007( 2 ) is specified as a regulated person.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Shailesh Vara
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
8th December 2014