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SRA Authorisation of Firms Rules
Annex 1: Transitional arrangements under paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 5 to the LSA
A licensable body will be eligible to be a recognised body if as at 6 October 2011, it has been recognised by the SRA under section 9 of the AJA but has an interest holder or manager that is not a lawyer or a legally qualified body. It shall continue to be treated as a recognised body for the purposes of these rules and the SRA's regulatory arrangements until: such time as it ceases to comply...
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SRA Authorisation of Firms Rules
Authorisation decision
The SRA may grant an application for authorisation in relation to one or more reserved legal activity. The SRA will refuse an application for authorisation if it is not satisfied that, if authorisation is granted: the applicant's managers, interest holders or management and governance arrangements are suitable to operate or control a business providing regulated legal services; the applicant...
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Management, control, and supervision
Subject to rules 9.2 and 9.3, an authorised body must ensure that the SRA has approved any manager or owner of the authorised body under Part 4. A sole principal whose practice has been authorised as a recognised sole practice is not required to be approved separately as a manager of that practice. If the SRA is satisfied that a manager of an authorised body is not involved in any of the...
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Information return and notification events
An authorised body must complete and deliver to the SRA an annual return by the date and in the form prescribed.
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Loss of eligibility
If the last remaining legally qualified manager of an authorised body whose role ensures the body's compliance with the eligibility requirements for its authorisation under rule 1: is sentenced to imprisonment; becomes unable to carry on their role because of incapacity; abandons the business; is made subject to a restriction, condition or other regulatory decision by the SRA or another...
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Apportionment of periodical fees on succession
An authorised body which: has taken over the whole or a part of one or more authorised bodies; or has split or ceded part of its practice to another authorised body and wishes the SRA to take this into account in determining its periodical fee, must within 28 days of the change taking place deliver to the SRA a notice in the prescribed form.
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SRA Authorisation of Firms Rules
Authorisation decision
The SRA may grant an application for authorisation in relation to one or more reserved legal activity. The SRA will refuse an application for authorisation if it is not satisfied that, if authorisation is granted: the applicant's managers, interest holders or management and governance arrangements are suitable to operate or control a business providing regulated legal services; the applicant...
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SRA Authorisation of Firms Rules
Management, control, and supervision
Subject to rules 9.2 and 9.3, an authorised body must ensure that the SRA has approved any manager or owner of the authorised body under Part 4. A sole principal whose practice has been authorised as a recognised sole practice is not required to be approved separately as a manager of that practice. If the SRA is satisfied that a manager of an authorised body is not involved in any of the...
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Modification of terms and conditions
The SRA may at any time, extend, revoke or vary any terms or conditions on a body's authorisation, imposed in accordance with rule 3 or otherwise, either on the application of the authorised body or on the SRA's own initiative.
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