LSB recommends designation of the CLC as a Licensing Authority

10 May 2011

The LSB has today approved the CLC’s application to become a Licensing Authority for its existing reserved legal activities. Details of this decision can be found in the Decision Notice.

The next step is that the LSB will make a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor that the CLC be designated as a Licensing Authority for probate, reserved instrument activities and the administration of oaths under Paragraph 14(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 10. The LSB will also recommend that the licensing rules be approved for use by the CLC as a Licensing Authority when the Lord Chancellor exercises his authority under Paragraph 16(1) of part 1 of Schedule 10.

In preparation for making this application the CLC has also reviewed the entirety of its regulatory framework. As a result the CLC has made significant revisions to ensure that an outcome-focused and risk-based approach to regulation is created. The new regulatory arrangements are subject to LSB approval as a change for the existing regulated community (under Schedule 4, Part 3 of the Act) as well as forming the licensing rules with which CLC regulated licensed bodies must comply. The decision with regards to the Schedule 4, Part 3 application is the subject of a separate Decision Notice.