Section 59: Regulators and regulated persons

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

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In relation to a referral of business within section 56(4)(a)—

a regulator is any person listed in column 1 below;
a regulated person is any person listed in column 2;
a regulator in column 1 is the relevant regulator in relation to the corresponding person in column 2.

In relation to a referral of prescribed legal business of any other kind—

a regulator is any person listed in column 1 below and specified in relation to business of that kind in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor;
a regulated person is any person specified in accordance with column 2 in relation to business of that kind;
a person specified under paragraph (a) in relation to business of that kind is the relevant regulator in relation to a person specified in accordance with the corresponding entry in column 2 in relation to business of that kind.

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