Legal Sector Code, 2024

 

Notice No. 5221 of 2024

1. Background

2. Vision

3. Mission

4. Interpretation and Definitions

5. Introduction and Preamble

6. Challenges faced by Black Practitioners

7. Business case for the LSC

8. The Legal Practice Council

9. Objectives of the LSC

10. Undertakings and commitments by the industry stakeholders

11. Unique features and strategic objectives of the LSC

12. Scope of Application

13. Responsibility for Monitoring the Implementation of the LSC

14. Measurement of LSMEs

15. Priority Elements and Sub-minimum

16. Compliance with Priority Elements

17. Discounting Principle Effect

18. Key Measurement Principles

19. Interpretation of B-BBEE Initiatives in the LSC

20. Eligibility to Qualify as an ELE

21. B-BBEE recognition levels

22. The summary of the scorecards, B-BBEE weighting points and contribution levels

23. Key measurement principles relating to ownership

24. Ownership scorecards

25. Management control scorecards

26. Key measurement principles relating to management control

27. Remuneration parity and justice

28. Measurement of the management control criteria

29. Key measurement principles relating to skills development

30. Skills development tables

31. Sub-minimum and discounting principle

32. General principles

33. Measurement of skills development indicators

34. Preferential procurement and supplier & enterprise development scorecard

35. Specialised scorecard

36. Key measurement principles in determining the suitability of preferential procurement in the LSC

37. The Legal Sector Transformation Fund

38. Effective date