Section 47: The Board's power to recommend orders made under section 46

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

Part 4: Regulation of approved regulators

The Board may recommend to the Lord Chancellor that the Lord Chancellor make an order under section 46 in the form of a draft order prepared by the Board and annexed to the recommendation.

Before making a recommendation under this section, the Board must publish a draft of—

the proposed recommendation, and
the proposed draft order.

The draft must be accompanied by a notice which states that representations about the proposals may be made to the Board within a specified period.

Before making the recommendation, the Board must have regard to any representations duly made.

If the draft order to be annexed to the recommendation differs from the draft published under subsection (2)(b) in a way which in the opinion of the Board is material, the Board must, before making the recommendation, publish the draft order along with a statement detailing the changes made and the reasons for those changes.

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