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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-scotland-act-2010/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-scotland-act-2010/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/16",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Initial considerations",
  "text": "(1) Licensing rules must provide for—\n(a) consultation with the CMA, where appropriate in accordance with subsection (2), in relation to a licence application,\n(b) how the approved regulator is to deal with a licence application where it believes that granting it would cause (directly or indirectly) a material and adverse effect on the provision of legal services.\n(2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), it is appropriate to consult the CMA where the approved regulator believes that the granting of the licence application may have the effect of—\n(a) preventing competition within the legal services market, or\n(b) significantly restricting or distorting such competition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(1)(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 194; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 15 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/16/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:19.904135+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."
}