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Section 38: Abolition of Legal Services Commission

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 · 2012 c. 10View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Legal aid

The Legal Services Commission ceases to exist.

Schedule 4 (transfer of employees and property etc of Legal Services Commission) has effect.

The Lord Chancellor must, as soon as practicable after subsection (1) comes into force—

prepare a report on how the Legal Services Commission has carried out its functions in the final period,
lay a copy of the report before Parliament, and
once it has been laid, publish the report.

The Lord Chancellor must, as soon as practicable after subsection (1) comes into force—

prepare a statement of accounts for the Legal Services Commission for the final period, and
send a copy of the statement to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

The Comptroller and Auditor General must—

examine, certify and report on the statement, and
arrange for a copy of the statement and the report to be laid before Parliament.

In this section—

  • "the final period" means the period—

    (a)beginning with end of the last financial year for which the Legal Services Commission produced a report and accounts in accordance with paragraphs 14 and 16 of Schedule 1 to the Access to Justice Act 1999, and

    (b)ending immediately before the day on which subsection (1) comes into force;

  • "financial year" means a period of 12 months ending with 31 March.

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