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Legal Services Act 2007

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As published

91 Duties of Head of Legal Practice

(1) The Head of Legal Practice of a licensed body must— (a) take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with the terms of the licensed body's licence, and (b) as soon as reasonably practicable, report to the licensing authority any failure to comply with the terms of the licence. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the terms of the licence so far as they require compliance with licensing rules made under paragraph 20 of Schedule 11 (accounts) (as to which see section 92). (3) The Head of Legal Practice of a licensed body must— (a) take all reasonable steps to ensure that the licensed body, and any of its employees or managers who are authorised persons in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity, comply with the duties imposed by section 176, and (b) as soon as reasonably practicable, report to the licensing authority such failures by those persons to comply with those duties as may be specified in licensing rules. (4) The Head of Legal Practice of a licensed body must— (a) take all reasonable steps to ensure that non-authorised persons subject to the duty imposed by section 90 in relation to the licensed body comply with that duty, and (b) as soon as reasonably practicable, report to the licensing authority any failure by a non-authorised person to comply with that duty.

Your change, as a redline

91 Duties of Head of Legal Practice

(1) The Head of Legal Practice of a licensed body must— (a) take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with the terms of the licensed body's licence, and (b) as soon as reasonably practicable, report to the licensing authority any failure to comply with the terms of the licence. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the terms of the licence so far as they require compliance with licensing rules made under paragraph 20 of Schedule 11 (accounts) (as to which see section 92). (3) The Head of Legal Practice of a licensed body must— (a) take all reasonable steps to ensure that the licensed body, and any of its employees or managers who are authorised persons in relation to an activity which is a reserved legal activity, comply with the duties imposed by section 176, and (b) as soon as reasonably practicable, report to the licensing authority such failures by those persons to comply with those duties as may be specified in licensing rules. (4) The Head of Legal Practice of a licensed body must— (a) take all reasonable steps to ensure that non-authorised persons subject to the duty imposed by section 90 in relation to the licensed body comply with that duty, and (b) as soon as reasonably practicable, report to the licensing authority any failure by a non-authorised person to comply with that duty.

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