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Section 60 Inducements: interpretationI1

(1)

In relation to an offer of a benefit which is an inducement to make a claim in civil proceedings for damages for personal injury or death or arising out of circumstances involving personal injury or death—

(a)

a regulator is any person listed in column 1 below;

(b)

a regulated person is any person listed in column 2;

(c)

a regulator in column 1 is the relevant regulator in relation to the corresponding person in column 2.

RegulatorRegulated person
The General Council of the BarA person authorised by the Council to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007
The Chartered Institute of Legal ExecutivesA person authorised by the Institute to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007
The Law SocietyA person authorised by the Society to carry on a reserved legal activity within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007
A licensing authority for the purposes of Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (alternative business structures)A person who is licensed by the authority to carry on a reserved legal activity
A regulatory body specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Lord ChancellorA person of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor in relation to the body specified under column 1
(2)

For the purposes of this section and sections 58 and 59—

  • “benefit” means—

    1. (a)

      any benefit, whether or not in money or other property and whether temporary or permanent, and

    2. (b)

      any opportunity to obtain a benefit;

  • “claim” includes a counter-claim;

  • “legal services” means services provided by a person which consist of or include legal activities (within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007) carried on by or on behalf of that person;

  • “personal injury” includes any disease and any other impairment of a person's physical or mental condition.

(3)

For the purposes of this section and section 59 whether an offer of a benefit is an inducement to make a claim is to be determined in accordance with section 58.

Annotations

Commencement

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S. 60 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 50