Legal Services Act 2007

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Legal Services Act 2007^[1]

United Kingdom Parliament
Long title	An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Legal Services Board and in respect of its functions; to make provision for, and in connection with, the regulation of persons who carry on certain legal activities; to make provision for the establishment of the Office for Legal Complaints and for a scheme to consider and determine legal complaints; to make provision about claims management services and about immigration advice and immigration services; to make provision in respect of legal representation provided free of charge; to make provision about the application of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007; to make provision about the Scottish legal services ombudsman; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2007 c. 29
Introduced by	Lord Falconer Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, 23 November 2006
Territorial extent	England and Wales[2]
Dates
Royal assent	30 October 2007
Commencement	7 March 2008[3]
Repealed	—
Other legislation
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Status: Unknown
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Legal Services Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that seeks to liberalise and regulate the market for legal services in England and Wales, to encourage more competition and to provide a new route for consumer complaints.^[4] It also makes provisions about the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007.