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Application made by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Board to the Legal Services Board under Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Legal Services Act 2007, for the approval of the SRA Overseas Rules [2013] and SRA Amendment to Regulatory Arrangements (Overseas Rules) Rules 2013 A. Summary 1. This application is made to the Legal Services Board for approval of changes to the SRAs regulatory arrangements in relation to the provision of legal services by authorised bodies and regulated individuals in jurisdictions outside England and Wales. These new arrangements are designed to modernise the regime governing practice in other jurisdictions. The detail of the proposed new arrangements is set out in section C below, but in summary these proposals do the following: Create separate regimes governing the different circumstances in which an SRA regulated individual or authorised body is practising temporarily in another jurisdiction, as opposed to when they are permanently established and practising overseas. Replace the SRA Principles and detailed outcomes in the SRA Code of Conduct with a set of Overseas Principles which adapt the SRA Principles in an appropriate and proportionate manner for regulated individuals and bodies who are practising overseas. Introduce the concept of an overseas practice which simplifies both the process of initial authorisation for new offices overseas and the application of SRA regulatory requirements across the different structures that a single authorised body might establish in different jurisdictions. Introduce the concept of a responsible authorised body which allows the SRA to hold an authorised body to account in