Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 293
Legal Services, England And Wales
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) Order 2020
Made
at 12.48 p.m. on 12th March 2020
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2020
Coming into force
6th April 2020
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“the Institute”), has applied to the Legal Services Board (“the Board”) under paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Legal Services Act 2007( 1 ) (“the Act”) for the Board to recommend that it be designated as a licensing authority in relation to the administration of oaths( 2 ), having made the application specified by paragraph 1(3)(b) of that Schedule in relation to that reserved legal activity( 3 ).
The Board has made a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor under paragraph 14 of Schedule 10 to the Act, having complied with the requirements of that Schedule, and having granted the Institute’s application.
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 15(1)(a) of Schedule 10 to the Act, having satisfied the precondition described in paragraph 15(3) of that Schedule.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) Order 2020 and comes into force on 6th April 2020.
Designation as a licensing authority
2. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales is designated as a licensing authority in relation to the administration of oaths.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Chris Philp
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
At 12.48 p.m. on 12th March 2020
“The administration of oaths” is a reserved legal activity under section 12(1)(f) of the Legal Services Act 2007. Paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to that Act makes provision about what constitutes such activity.
S.I. 2020/271 designated the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as an approved regulator in relation to the administration of oaths.