SRA Handbook

Certificates of recognition

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Regulation 15: Certificates of recognition

15.1

When a body is granted initial recognition or its recognition is renewed, the SRA must issue a certificate of recognition.

15.2

Each certificate of recognition must state, in respect of the recognised body:

(a)

the name and number under which the body is recognised;

(b)

its registered office, if it is an LLP or company;

(c)

its principal practising address in England and Wales;

(d)

whether it is a partnership, an LLP or a company; and if it is a company, whether it is:

(i)

a company limited by shares;

(ii)

a company limited by guarantee;

(iii)

an unlimited company;

(iv)

an overseas company registered in England and Wales;

(v)

an overseas company registered in Scotland;

(vi)

an overseas company registered in Northern Ireland; or

(vii)

a societas Europaea;

(e)

the date from which recognition is granted or renewed;

(f)

the next renewal date; and

(g)

any condition to which the body's recognition is subject.