Legal Services Bill [Lords]

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 1, in clause 1, page 2, line 9 at end insert— ‘(ca) that authorised persons should not act where there is a conflict between the interests of two or more of their clients, or between the authorised person and their client,’. Amendment No. 2, in clause 3, page 2, line 27, leave out ‘, so far as is reasonably practicable,’. Amendment No. 144, in clause 3, page 2, line 28, after ‘objectives’, insert— ‘(aa) complies with the regulatory principles as set out in section 2 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, and’. Amendment No. 64, in clause 28, page 14, line 20, clause 28, leave out ‘, so far as is reasonably practicable,’. Government amendment No. 83. Amendment No. 10, in clause 36, page 18, line 32, at end add— ‘(4A) As soon as practicable after deciding to publish a statement, the Board must give notice to the approved regulator stating that it has reached that decision and setting out the terms in which the statement is to be published; and the Board must not publish the statement until after the expiry of seven days beginning with the day on which notice is given under this subsection.’. Amendment No. 11, in clause 39, page 20, line 21, at end insert— ‘(e) that the imposition of the penalty on any ground would give rise to a claim for judicial review.’. Amendment No. 12, in clause 39, page 20, line 45, leave out subsection (7). Amendment No. 66, in clause 49, page 27, line 20, at end insert ‘and that the Board should exercise its powers only where approved regulators are clearly failing’. Government amendment No. 84.