The Legal Services Act 2007 (Warrant) (Licensing Authority) Regulations 2015

Section 79 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) permits a person, appointed by the Legal Services Board (“the Board”) to act on its behalf, to apply in certain circumstances for a warrant authorising that person to enter and search the premises of a former licensing authority and take possession of any written or electronic records found on the premises. Those circumstances are where a body has had its designation as a licensing authority cancelled, either automatically under section 75 of the 2007 Act because its designation as an approved regulator has been cancelled under section 45, or by an order made by the Lord Chancellor under section 76 of the 2007 Act.