Rule 6 Amendments to the Legal Services Act 2007 (Levy) (No.2) Rules 2010

in paragraph (1), after “is” insert “£5000 plus”;

for paragraph (2), substitute—

“(2)

For these purposes—

(a)

subject to paragraph (2A), “the relevant proportion” in relation to a leviable body is the number of service complaints in respect of that leviable body accepted in the course of the reference period by the OLC, as a proportion of the total number of service complaints in respect of all leviable bodies accepted in the course of that period by the OLC; and

(b)

“the reference period” is the three year period ending on 31st March prior to the 12 month period in respect of which the levy is imposed.

(2A)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), the number of service complaints in respect of the leviable body accepted in the course of the reference period by the OLC shall be reduced by three.”;

for paragraph (6), substitute—

“(6)

In this rule, “service complaint” means a complaint which is within the jurisdiction of the ombudsman scheme as provided for in Part 6 of the 2007 Act.”.