206.This section amends section 47 of the 2010 Act (licensed providers) to remove a requirement that a business entity can only be a licensed legal services provider under Part 2 of the 2010 Act if it provides (or offers to provide) legal services for a fee, gain or reward. It means that a business entity that satisfies the other criteria in section 47 of the 2010 Act (including the criterion that it provides legal services under a licence issued by an approved regulator and in accordance with its licensing rules) will, for the purposes of Part 2 of the 2010 Act, be a licensed legal services provider, even if it does not provide (or offer to provide) such services for a fee, gain or reward. This will allow for third sector and community organisations to own and operate a licensed legal services provider.
Background Licensed legal services providers Section 85 – Removal of requirement to act for fee, gain or reward