Faculty of Notaries

Qualification as a notary is regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury under the direction of the Master of the Faculties and its day to day administration is the responsibility of the Registrar.

Intellectual Property Regulation Board

Under the Legal Services Act 2007, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) were designated as approved regulators. In order to separate their regulatory functions from their representational functions, as the Act requires them to do, each set up a Regulation Board namely, the Patent Attorney Regulation Board, and the Trade Mark Attorney Regulation Board.

IPA Ethics Code for Members

All members of the Insolvency Practitioners Association are required to act in accordance with its Ethics Code for Members and to comply with Statements of Insolvency Practice, take account of Guidance issued by the Association and take note of ?Dear IP? Bulletins issued by the Insolvency Service.

OISC Code of Standards

The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner’s Code of Standards (the OISC Code) applies to everyone providing immigration advice or immigration services within the UK and is made in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

FSA Handbook

Firms carrying out financial services business must either be regulated directly by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) or come within the exemptions for those who are members of certain professional bodies and be regulated by their own regulator. Any firm intending to be authorised directly by the FSA will be subject to the provisions set out in the FSA Handbook.

Role of the IPA

The Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) is a membership body recognised for the purposes of authorising insolvency practitioners (IPs) under the Insolvency Act 1986. The IPA is responsible for developing professional standards; creating insolvency qualifications; widening access to insolvency knowledge and leading debate on insolvency related issues.

Role of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

Role of the FSA

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is an independent non-governmental body, given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 that regulates and is financed by the financial services industry in the UK.