Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) (Modification of Functions) Order 2014.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) In this Order—

“the 2007 Act” means the Legal Services Act 2007; and

“the Institute” means the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Power to make regulations or rules providing for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal

2. —(1) The Institute may make regulations or rules providing for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal against decisions made by the Institute in its capacity as an approved regulator, including in its role as a licensing authority.

(2) The regulations or rules made by the Institute may provide for a decision on such an appeal to be final and for orders as to payment of costs)( 2 ).

Power of intervention

3. —(1) Schedule 14 to the 2007 Act (licensing authority’s powers of intervention) applies in relation to the Institute in its capacity as an approved regulator (other than its role as a licensing authority) and persons authorised by the Institute as it applies in relation to a licensing authority and licensed bodies, subject to the modifications in paragraphs (2) and (3) .

(2) Schedule 14 is to be read as if each reference to—

(a) a “licence” was a reference to an “authorisation”;

(b) a “licensed body” was a reference to an “authorised person”( 3 );

(c) “a licensing authority” or the “relevant licensing authority” was a reference to “the Institute”; and

(d) a “manager” was a reference to a “principal”.

(3) Paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 14 is to be read as if after sub-paragraph (e) there were inserted—

“ (f) the authorised person is the subject of a bankruptcy order under Part IX of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( 4 ) (bankruptcy);

(g) the authorised person is established outside England and Wales and is subject to an event in their country of establishment analogous to an event set out in paragraphs (a) to (f) above. ”

(4) In this article, “principal” includes—

(a) an individual in sole practice;

(b) a person who is a partner;

(c) a member of a limited liability partnership;

(d) a director;

(e) a member of a governing body, or

(f) an individual or person who is held out as being a director, partner, member of a limited liability partnership, or member of a governing body.