SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Police Station Representative Accreditation Scheme assessment providers
Only an organisation approved by the SRA may provide assessments for the Police Station Representative Accreditation Scheme. An organisation may apply to the SRA in such manner as may be prescribed to be approved to provide such assessments. The SRA may, in relation to an application for approval: grant the application, subject to such conditions as it considers appropriate; or refuse the...
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SRA Accounts Rules
Operation of a client's own account
If, in the course of practice, you operate a client's own account as signatory, Part 2 of these rules does not apply save for: rule 8.2 - statements from banks, building societies and other financial institutions; rule 8.3 - reconciliations; rule 8.4 - bills and notifications of costs.
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SRA Accounts Rules
Third party managed accounts
You may enter into arrangements with a client to use a third party managed account for the purpose of receiving payments from or on behalf of, or making payments to or on behalf of, the client in respect of regulated services delivered by you to the client, only if: use of the account does not result in you receiving or holding the client's money; and you take reasonable steps to ensure,...
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SRA Statutory Trust Rules
Residual balances
The SRA may use any funds which remain in a statutory trust account following the distribution to beneficiaries under rule 7 to reimburse any costs, charges, or other expenses, which it has incurred in establishing the beneficial entitlements to the statutory trust monies and in distributing the monies accordingly. If funds remain in a statutory trust account after payment to beneficiaries and...
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SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules
Use of intermediaries
You must not use, or propose to use, the services of another person consisting of: insurance distribution; reinsurance distribution; insurance distribution activity; or home finance mediation activity, unless the person: has permission to carry on the activity under Part 4A FSMA; is permitted to carry on the activity under an exemption made in or under FSMA, to the general prohibition set out...
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SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules
Fee disclosure: additional requirements
Where a fee is payable, you must inform the client of the amount of the fee before the client incurs liability to pay the fee, or before conclusion of the contract of insurance, whichever is earlier. To the extent that it is not possible for the amount in rule 17.1 to be given, you must give the client the basis for its calculation. This rule applies to all such fees that may be charged during...
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SRA Transparency Rules
Regulatory information
An authorised body must display in a prominent place on its website (or, in the case of a licensed body, the website relating to its legal services, if separate) its SRA number and the SRA's digital badge. An authorised body's letterhead and e-mails must show its SRA authorisation number and the words "authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority". A solicitor, an REL, RFL...
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SRA Indemnity Fund (Enactment) Rules
Authority
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SRA Overseas and Cross-border Practice Rules
Cross-border Practice Rules
This Part applies to European cross-border practice from any office by: solicitors; managers of authorised bodies who are not authorised by an approved regulator (other than the SRA) under the LSA; and authorised bodies. These rules apply to European cross-border practice from an office in England and Wales by: RELs; RFLs who are managers or employees of an authorised body; and RSLs who are...
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