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The Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 No. 857
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2001 No. 857
LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
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Made |
8th March 2001 | |
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Laid before Parliament |
12th March 2001 | |
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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 1999[
1], makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.
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.
Amendments to the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2000[2]
2.
After regulation 5 of the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2000 the following shall be inserted:
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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.".
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.
Notes:
[1]
1999 c. 22.back
[2]
S.I. 2000/442.back
ISBN
0 11 028995 1
| © Crown copyright 2001 |
Prepared
23 March 2001
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