SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Training principals
The training principal for an authorised training provider must: be a solicitor holding a current practising certificate or be a practising barrister; notify the SRA in the prescribed form before any individual commences a period of recognised training or if this is not possible then as soon as practicable thereafter; ensure that the training provided meets the requirements of regulation 4;...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Training principals
The training principal for an authorised training provider must: be a solicitor holding a current practising certificate or be a practising barrister; notify the SRA in the prescribed form before any individual commences a period of recognised training or if this is not possible then as soon as practicable thereafter; ensure that the training provided meets the requirements of regulation 4;...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Education providers
Only an approved education provider may provide and assess: a Qualifying Law Degree; a CPE; an Exempting Law Degree; or an Integrated Course. Only an authorised education provider may provide and assess the Legal Practice Course or the Professional Skills Course. An organisation may apply to the SRA in such manner as may be prescribed to be an approved education provider or an authorised...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Monitoring and inspection
In order to protect and promote the standards of legal education and training, the SRA may: monitor the relevant programmes of study provided by an approved education provider and an authorised education provider, the training provided by an authorised training provider or the assessments provided by an assessment provider approved under regulation 6; visit the provider's premises, at such...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Monitoring and inspection
In order to protect and promote the standards of legal education and training, the SRA may: monitor the relevant programmes of study provided by an approved education provider and an authorised education provider, the training provided by an authorised training provider or the assessments provided by an assessment provider approved under regulation 6; visit the provider's premises, at such...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Transitional provisions
Any approval, authorisation or recognition granted under the Monitoring of Courses Regulations 1991, the SRA Training Regulations 2011, the SRA Higher Rights of Audience Regulations 2011 or the SRA Training Regulations 2014 - Qualification and Provider Regulations, will continue as if granted under these regulations. A period of recognised training entered into before these regulations come...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Requirements for authorised training providers
An authorised training provider must: have in place a training principal for the whole duration of any period of recognised training, who meets the requirements of regulation 5 and whose identity has been notified to the SRA in the prescribed form; and pay the fees and expenses for each trainee's first attempt at the Professional Skills Course.
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Removal from and restoration to the roll
The SRA may remove your name from the roll if: following an enquiry made by the SRA under regulation 5.4: you tell the SRA that you do not wish to remain on the roll; you do not, within eight weeks from the date of the notice, reply to the SRA and pay the fee specified under regulation 5.5, or you apply to have your name removed from the roll. Where regulation 5.6(a)(ii) applies, the SRA must...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Eligibility for admission of qualified lawyers
You will be eligible for admission as a solicitor if the SRA is satisfied: you hold a legal professional qualification that is recognised by the SRA, which confers rights to practise in England and Wales or in an overseas jurisdiction; and subject to regulation 3.2, you meet the criteria in regulation 1.1(a), (b),(d) and (e). Subject to regulation 3.3, if you hold a qualification recognised...
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