Section 204: Orders, regulations and rules

Legal Services Act 2007 · 2007 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 9: General

Any order or regulations made by the Lord Chancellor under this Act must be made by statutory instrument.

Any rules made by the Board under section 37(4), 95(3) or 173 must be made by statutory instrument, and the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) applies to the Board's powers to make rules under those sections as if the Board were a Minister of the Crown.

An instrument to which this subsection applies may—

provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter;
include incidental, supplementary and consequential provision;
make transitory or transitional provision and savings;
make provision generally or subject to exceptions or only in relation to specified cases;
make different provision for different cases or circumstances or for different purposes.

Subsection (3) applies to—

any order or regulations made by the Lord Chancellor,
any rules or regulations made by the Board, and
any rules made by the OLC,

under or by virtue of this Act.

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