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The Legal Services Act 2007 (Disclosure of Restricted Information) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/122 · Made 21 January 2011 · Extends to England and Wales

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Legal Services, England And Wales

Made 21st January 2011

Laid before Parliament 25th January 2011

Coming into force 28th February 2011

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 152(3)(g) and 168(3)(g) of the Legal Services Act 2007f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c. 29.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Persons to whom information may be disclosed
  3. 3Persons to whom information may be disclosed
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  6. Schedule 2Schedule 2
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Disclosure of Restricted Information) Order 2011 and comes into force on 28th February 2011.

2Persons to whom information may be disclosedI1

Each of the persons listed in Schedule 1 is prescribed under section 152(3)(g) of the Legal Services Act 2007 for the purpose of enabling or assisting it to exercise any of its regulatory functions.

3Persons to whom information may be disclosedI1

Each of the persons listed in Schedule 2 is prescribed under section 168(3)(g) of the Legal Services Act 2007 for the purpose of enabling or assisting it to exercise any of its regulatory functions.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

J Djanogly

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

21st January 2011

Schedule 1I1

  • The F1Competition and Markets Authority

  • F2The Financial Conduct Authority

  • The Prudential Regulation Authority

  • The Bank of England (in its capacity as a regulator of recognised clearing houses F3land recognised CSDs (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000)).

  • The Financial Reporting Council Limited (registered number 02486368) and its operating bodies the Professional Oversight Board, the Financial Reporting Review Panel, the Accounting Standards Board, the Auditing Practices Board, the Board for Actuarial Standards and the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board Limited (registered number 05081857)

  • F4...

  • The Law Society of Scotland

  • The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

  • The Law Society of Northern Ireland

  • The Insolvency Service

  • The Bar Council of Northern Ireland

Schedule 2I1

  • The Insolvency Service

  • The Financial Reporting Council Limited (registered number 02486368) and its operating bodies the Professional Oversight Board, the Financial Reporting Review Panel, the Accounting Standards Board, the Auditing Practices Board, the Board for Actuarial Standards and the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board Limited (registered number 05081857)

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Sections 152 and 168 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) set out the circumstances in which the Office for Legal Complaints and the Legal Services Board respectively may disclose restricted information (information obtained in the exercise of their regulatory functions, principally during the investigation of a complaint). This Order specifies additional persons to whom the Office for Legal Complaints and the Legal Services Board may disclose restricted information and prescribes the purposes for which it may be disclosed.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment was prepared for the Legal Services Bill in November 2006 and supplemented in June 2007. In addition an Impact Assessment has been prepared specifically for this Order. That Impact Assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.