
2006 No. 3322
Consumer Protection, England and Wales
The Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006 (revoked)
Made 12th December 2006
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2
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PART 1 Preliminary
Citation
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Commencement
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Definitions
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Documents in electronic form
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Use of electronic communication
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PART 2 Waiver of requirement for authorisation
Circumstances in which Regulator may waive requirement for authorisation
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Conditions on waiver
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PART 3 Grant of authorisations
Application for authorisations
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Payment of application fee
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Decisions about authorisations
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Time for deciding applications
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Conditions of authorisation
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Grant and refusal of authorisations
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Surrender of authorisations
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Notice lifting a restriction on surrender
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PART 4 Fees
Determination of fees
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Amendment etc of fees determination
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Invoicing for fees
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Payment of fees by cheque
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Refund etc of fees
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Cancellation for non-payment of fee
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PART 5 Indemnity insurance
Definitions for this Part
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Requirement to have professional indemnity insurance for persons who provide representation
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Minimum terms of professional indemnity insurance
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PART 6 Rules and codes of practice
Rules
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Matters that the rules may cover
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Codes of practice
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Amendment etc of rules or code of practice
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Charge for supply of copies
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Redress
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PART 7 Information and Directions
Review by the Regulator of complaint handling
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Power to share information
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Directions of the Regulator about complaints handling and related matters
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PART 8 Routine audit
Routine inspection of records
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PART 9 Investigation
CHAPTER 1
Preliminary
Definitions for this Part
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CHAPTER 2
Investigation—offences by unauthorised persons
Investigation of offences against section 4(1) of Act: requirement to provide information
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Requirements for information under section 8(4) of Act
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Search warrants under section 8 of the Act
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CHAPTER 3
Investigation—failures by authorised persons to comply with conditions of authorisation
Regulator to investigate complaints or suspicions of unprofessional conduct
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Breaches by authorised persons of condition: requirement to provide information etc
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Search warrants for purposes of investigation of professional conduct
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CHAPTER 4
Search warrants generally
Definitions
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Application generally
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Issue of warrants generally
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Search warrants—form
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Execution of warrants
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Copying of documents
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Record to be given of records copied
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Record to be given of records seized
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Retention of copies
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PART 10 Cancellation, suspension and variation of authorisations
Cancellation etc of authorisations
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Procedure for cancellation etc
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PART 11 FINANCIAL PENALTIES
Requirement to pay a penalty
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Determining the amount of a penalty
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Relevant turnover
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Notice of proposed penalty and written submissions
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Procedure for requiring an authorised person to pay a penalty
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Treatment of unpaid penalty as a debt
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Treatment of income from penalties
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Service of notices under this Part
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