Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 857
LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
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 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:
“ 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
S.I. 2000/442 .