{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1985/schedule-15D/paragraph-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1985/schedule-15D/paragraph-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/6",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/15D/paragraph/46",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A disclosure with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, disciplinary proceedings relating to the performance by a relevant lawyer , auditor, accountant, valuer or actuary of his professional duties.\n(2) “Relevant lawyer” means—\n(a) a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes a reserved legal activity (within the meaning of that Act),\n(b) a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland, or\n(c) a solicitor or advocate in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 15D inserted (6.4.2005 except for paras. 40, 45 and 1.7.2005 otherwise) by Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (c. 27), ss. 25, 65, Sch. 2 para. 25; S.I. 2004/3322, art. 2(2)(3), Schs. 2, 3 (subject to arts. 3-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 15D para. 46 renumbered as Sch. 15D para. 46(1) (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 63(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 15D para. 46(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 63(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 15D para. 46(2) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 63(c) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/6/schedule/15D/paragraph/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:40.159612+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}