Background Part 1 – Regulatory Framework Exercise of the acquired rights Section 31 – Offence of pretending to have acquired rights
96.This section provides for an offence of pretending to have acquired rights. In this section, an “acquired right” means the right or rights to provide legal services specified and described in a regulatory scheme given effect to under section 28. A person who commits the offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (currently £2,500) (as at the date of Royal Assent to this Act).