The Legal Services Board
Sections 2 to 7 and Schedule 1 create the Legal Services Board with a duty to promote the regulatory objectives. David Edmonds was appointed the first chair of the Board on 23 April 2008 and nine members were appointed on 17 July. The members took up post on 1 September 2008 and the Board became fully operational on 1 January 2010. The Board is to have a Consumer Panel to represent consumers (ss. 8-11). As of July 2008 no date has been fixed for the coming into force of the provisions about the Consumer Panel.
Read more about this topic: Legal Services Act 2007
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