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The Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/3362 · Made 15 December 2006

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Legal Services, England and Wales

Made 15th December 2006

Laid before Parliament 15th December 2006

Coming into force 5th January 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(11)(b) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990, c. 41; reference to Secretary of State substituted by Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), Sch 2 para 8(1)(a).

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. 3Amendment
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2006.

2Commencement

This Order comes into force on 5th January 2007.

3Amendment

In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) Order 1990f1, after “The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys”, insert “The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen”.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

15th December 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 22 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, the Legal Services Ombudsman has jurisdiction to investigate allegations about the way that a professional body has dealt with a complaint made to it. This order extends the jurisdiction to include the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen, consequent upon that body being authorised, by the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Order 2006f1, to grant rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation.