1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Conditional Fee Agreements (Revocation) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st November 2005.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 1 November 2005: see reg 1.

2 Revocation

2Revocation

Subject to regulation 3, the Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 (the “CFA Regulations”), the Collective Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 (the “CCFA Regulations”), the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003, and the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 2) Regulations 2003 are revoked.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 1 November 2005: see reg 1.

3 Savings and transitional provisions

3Savings and transitional provisions

(1)    The CFA Regulations shall continue to have effect for the purposes of a conditional fee agreement entered into before 1st November 2005.

(2)    Paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to a collective conditional fee agreement as if there were substituted for a reference to the CFA Regulations a reference to the CCFA Regulations.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 1 November 2005: see reg 1.

Signature

Signed

Catherine M Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Date 9th August 2005

EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/692), the Collective Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/2988), the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1240) and the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 2) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/3344) in respect of conditional fee agreements and collective conditional fee agreements entered into on or after 1st November 2005.

Parties may enter into Conditional Fee Agreements and Collective Conditional Fee Agreements on or after that date based on the primary legislation.