Part 2: Claims Management Services Charges for claims management services Section 34: Extension of power of the Law Society of Scotland to make rules
This section confers a power on the Treasury to amend section (33) in order to extend the power of the Law Society of Scotland to make rules imposing a cap on fees charged for claims management services. It provides that the power given to the Law Society of Scotland to make rules in relation to fees charged for claims management services provided in connection with a claim concerning a financial product or service may be extended to apply in relation to claims management services provided in relation to all, or any description of, claim.
	Subsection (2) requires the Treasury to obtain the consent of the Scottish Ministers before making regulations under subsection (1). The consent requirement included in this section is in recognition of the Scottish Government’s interest in the Scottish legal profession. However, the Government’s view remains that the regulation of claims management services is reserved.
	Subsections (3) and (4) deal with how regulations are to be made and approved by the affirmative procedure in Parliament.