Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025

22 Register of directions

(1) A regulator must establish and maintain a register of relevant directions.

(2) The register must for each direction—

(a) contain a copy of—

(i) the direction, and

(ii) any amendments to the direction, and

(b) specify—

(i) the day on which the direction will cease to have effect (if not revoked earlier), or

(ii) whether the direction is to have effect for an indefinite period.

(3) A regulator—

(a) must withhold information in a document mentioned in subsection (2) if satisfied that its disclosure would or would be likely to breach the data protection legislation,

(b) may withhold information in such a document if satisfied that its disclosure would or would be likely to—

(i) prejudice substantially the commercial interests of any person, or

(ii) breach an obligation of confidence owed by any person.

(4) The register must be accessible to, and searchable by, the public, free of charge, by such electronic means as the regulator considers appropriate.

(5) In this section—

• “the data protection legislation” has the meaning given by section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018,

• “regulator” has the meaning given by section 20(12),

• “relevant direction” means, in relation to a regulator, a direction given by the regulator under section 20(1) for the purpose described in section 20(3)(a) that is still in force.