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Legal Services Act 2007

Section 169: Disclosure of information to the Board

396.This section sets out a list of permitted persons and allows for the disclosure of information by them to the Board to enable or assist it in exercising its functions. The section prohibits the disclosure of information where it contravenes the Data Protection Act 1988, where it is prohibited by Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 or, if it is being disclosed on behalf of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, where it has not been authorised by the Commissioners. The section allows the Lord Chancellor to designate other persons as persons who can disclose information to the Board, where their functions are of a public nature.

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