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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/section-160",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/29",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Services Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007",
  "path": "section/160",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "160",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 6",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“complainant”, in relation to a complaint, means the person who makes the complaint;\n“relevant authorising body”, in relation to a person, means—\n(a)an approved regulator by which the person is authorised to carry on an activity which is a reserved legal activity, or\n(b)where the person is authorised to carry on such an activity by the Board in its capacity as a licensing authority, the Board;\n“respondent”, in relation to a complaint, is to be construed in accordance with section 125 (except that, where scheme rules of the kind mentioned in section 133(3)(c) have effect, references to the “respondent” include a person treated as a co-respondent under those rules).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/160",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:22.589914+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}