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Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act (asp 5) which received Royal Assent on 19 January 2007

Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act (asp 5) which received Royal Assent on 19 January 2007

2007 asp 5

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Part 2 – Conduct Complaints: Other Matters

Section 52: Restriction upon disclosure of information: relevant professional organisations

98.This section prohibits relevant professional organisations, any of their employees or any person acting on their behalf from disclosing information contained in a conduct complaint or obtained in the course of considering or investigating such a complaint – except for the purpose of enabling the professional body to exercise any of its functions in relation to such a complaint or where disclosure is required by law. Any person employed by or acting on behalf of a professional organisation who knowingly discloses information obtained is guilty of an offence and liable to be fined.

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