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The Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/857 · Made 8 March 2001

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LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 8th March 2001

Laid before Parliament 12th March 2001

Coming into force 2nd April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 20(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2000
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001.

2Amendments to the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2000

After regulation 5 of the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2000 the following shall be inserted:

“6

The Commission shall not disclose to the prosecuting authority any information which:

(a)

is in connection with the defence of the individual concerned; and

(b)

may be used for the purposes of the prosecution of that case.”.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg , C.

Dated 8th March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2000 so as to prohibit the Commission from disclosing to the prosecution any information in connection with the defence which may be used for the prosecution of the case.