Background Part 1 – Regulatory Framework Applications Section 23 – Right to provide legal services
76.This section allows a body to apply to the Lord President for the purpose of enabling the body to become accredited to authorise persons to acquire the right to exercise any or all of the following (as well as the regulation of those persons’ exercise of acquired rights)—
	rights to conduct litigation on behalf of members of the public,
	rights of audience in courts,
	the right to provide other types of legal service or services.
77.Only natural persons may acquire rights to conduct litigation or rights of audience. This means companies and other bodies which have legal personality cannot apply for authorisation for these rights.
78.The application must include, in particular, a draft regulatory scheme.