The Compensation (Regulated Claims Management Services) Order 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2006/3319 |
| Year | 2006 |
2006 No. 3319
consumer protection, England and Wales
The Compensation (Regulated Claims Management Services) Order 2006
Made 12th December 2006
Coming into force in accordance with article 2
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(2)(e) and 15(1) of the Compensation Act 20061.
A draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 15(3)(b) of that Act, and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Before making this Order, the Secretary of State has consulted the Office of Fair Trading and such other persons as he thinks appropriate, as required by section 15(3)(a) of that Act.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Compensation (Regulated Claims Management Services) Order 2006.
Commencement
2. This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Definition—“the Act”
3. In this Order, “the Act” means the Compensation Act 2006.
Regulated services
4.—(1) For the purposes of Part 2 of the Act, services of a kind specified in paragraph (2) are prescribed if rendered in relation to the making of a claim of a kind described in paragraph (3), or in relation to a cause of action that may give rise to such a claim.
(2) The kinds of service are the following—
(a)
(a) advertising for, or otherwise seeking out (for example, by canvassing or direct marketing), persons who may have a cause of action;
(b)
(b) advising a claimant or potential claimant in relation to his claim or cause of action;
(c)
(c) subject to paragraph (4), referring details of a claim or claimant, or a cause of action or potential claimant, to another person, including a person having the right to conduct litigation;
(d)
(d) investigating, or commissioning the investigation of, the circumstances, merits or foundation of a claim, with a view to the use of the results in pursuing the claim;
(e)
(e) representation of a claimant (whether in writing or orally, and regardless of the tribunal, body or person to or before which or whom the representation is made).
(3) The kinds of claim are the following—
(a)
(a) claims for personal injuries, within the meaning in the Civil Procedure Rules 19982;
(b)
(b) claims under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 19953;
(c)
(c) claims for a benefit specified or referred to in article 3 of the Compensation (Specification of Benefits) Order 20064;
(d)
(d) claims in relation to employment (including claims in relation to wages and salaries and other employment-related payments, and claims in relation to...
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