The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011
Article 2 of this Order designates the Law Society (“the Society”) as a licensing authority for the purposes of Part 5 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) (“the 2007 Act”). The Society is designated in relation to the exercise of a right of audience; the conduct of litigation; reserved instrument activities; probate activities and the administration of oaths. The Society is already an approved regulator in relation to these reserved legal activities by virtue of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the 2007 Act. Designation will allow the Society to license firms (“licensed bodies”) which are wholly or partly owned or controlled by non-lawyers to provide legal services, or a mixture of legal and other services, to the public.