division_name: Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2) &#8212; New Clause 7 &#8212; Enforcement services
motion: <p pid="b.420.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;(1) The Legal Services Act 2007 is amended as follows.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) After section 125 insert&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">125A (1) For the purposes of this Part (and sections 1, 21 and 27 as they apply in relation to this Part)&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) the Bailiffs and Enforcement Agents Council is to be treated as an approved regulator;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) enforcement services are to be treated as a reserved legal activity;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(c) a person authorised under sections 63 and 64 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act services is to be treated as an authorised person in relation to that activity;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(d) the Bailiffs and Enforcement Agents Council is to be treated as a relevant authorising body in relation to such a person, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">(e) regulations under the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and the National Standards for Enforcement Agents are to be treated as regulatory arrangements of the Bailiffs and Enforcement Agents Council as an approved regulator.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/9" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) For the purposes of sections 112 and 145 (as extended by this section), a person authorised under sections 63 and 64 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act, is to be treated as a &#8220;relevant authorised person&#8221; in relation to the Regulator.&#8221;.&#8217;.&#8212;<i>(Jenny Chapman.)</i></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.420.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">Brought up.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the clause be added to the Bill.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.420.1/12" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.420.1/13" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 210, Noes 286.</p>