{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-disclosure-of-information-regulations-2013/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-disclosure-of-information-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Disclosure of information",
  "text": "The Director and Lord Chancellor must not disclose any information for the purposes of the investigation or prosecution of an offence (or a suspected offence) under the law of England and Wales or any other jurisdiction which—\n(a) relates to the defence of an individual or a legal person who has made an application for criminal legal aid (whether or not a determination is made in their favour); and\n(b) may be used for the purposes of the prosecution of that individual or legal person in that case.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/457/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:39.874837+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."
}