# The Legal Services Act 2007 (Prescribed Charity) Order 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 194 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (‘the Act’) applies to proceedings in a civil court in which a party to those proceedings is or was represented by a legal representative and that legal representation is or was provided free of charge. Under section 194(3) of the Act the court may order any person to make a payment to the prescribed charity in respect of that legal representation. This Order prescribes the charity for the purposes of section 194(8) of the Act. The charity complies with section 194(9) of the Act.
This Order comes into force on 3rd November 2008.
An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order but a full impact assessment for the implementation of section 194 of the Act was published in November 2007 and is available at http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/probonoconsultation-draft-full-reg-assess.pdf.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2680/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007-prescribed-charity-order-2008/note
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