# The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2013, Regulation 52: Limitation on power to require documents


(1) A person may not be required under these Regulations to produce, disclose or permit the inspection of protected items.
(2) “Protected items” means—
(a) communications between a professional legal adviser (“LA”) and LA's client or any person representing LA's client which fall within paragraph (3);
(b) communications between LA, LA's client or any person representing LA's client and any other person which fall within paragraph (3) (as a result of sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph);
(c) items which—
(i) are enclosed with, or referred to in, such communications;
(ii) fall within paragraph (3); and
(iii) are in the possession of a person entitled to possession of them.
(3) A communication or item falls within this paragraph if it is made—
(a) in connection with the giving of legal advice to the client; or
(b) in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings.
(4) A communication or item is not a protected item if it is held with the intention of furthering a criminal purpose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1389/regulation/52 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-market-integrity-and-transparency-enforcement-etc-regulations-2013/regulation-52
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