http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/122The Legal Services Act 2007 (Disclosure of Restricted Information) Order 2011Legal servicesDisclosureenLEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALESStatute Law Database2026-08-29Expert Participation2019-04-01 Sections 152 and 168 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) set out the circumstances in which the Office for Legal Complaints and the Legal Services Board respectively may disclose restricted information (information obtained in the exercise of their regulatory functions, principally during the investigation of a complaint). This Order specifies additional persons to whom the Office for Legal Complaints and the Legal Services Board may disclose restricted information and prescribes the purposes for which it may be disclosed. 2011 No. 122 Legal Services, England And Wales The Legal Services Act 2007 (Disclosure of Restricted Information) Order 2011 Made 21st January 2011 Laid before Parliament 25th January 2011 Coming into force 28th February 2011 The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 152(3)(g) and 168(3)(g) of the Legal Services Act 2007. Citation and commencement1This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Act 2007 (Disclosure of Restricted Information) Order 2011 and comes into force on 28th February 2011.Persons to whom information may be disclosed2Each of the persons listed in Schedule 1 is prescribed under section 152(3)(g) of the Legal Services Act 2007 for the purpose of enabling or assisting it to exercise any of its regulatory functions.3Each of the persons listed in Schedule 2 is prescribed under section 168(3)(g) of the Legal Services Act 2007 for the purpose of enabling or assisting it to exercise any of its regulatory functions.Signed by authority of the Lord ChancellorJ DjanoglyParliamentary Under Secretary of StateMinistry of Justice21st January 2011 SCHEDULE 1Article 2

The Competition and Markets Authority The Financial Conduct AuthorityThe Prudential Regulation AuthorityThe Bank of England (in its capacity as a regulator of recognised clearing houses land recognised CSDs (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000)).The Financial Reporting Council Limited (registered number 02486368) and its operating bodies the Professional Oversight Board, the Financial Reporting Review Panel, the Accounting Standards Board, the Auditing Practices Board, the Board for Actuarial Standards and the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board Limited (registered number 05081857)...The Law Society of ScotlandThe Scottish Legal Complaints CommissionThe Law Society of Northern IrelandThe Insolvency ServiceThe Bar Council of Northern Ireland

 SCHEDULE 2 Article 3

The Insolvency Service The Financial Reporting Council Limited (registered number 02486368) and its operating bodies the Professional Oversight Board, the Financial Reporting Review Panel, the Accounting Standards Board, the Auditing Practices Board, the Board for Actuarial Standards and the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board Limited (registered number 05081857)

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order)

Sections 152 and 168 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29) set out the circumstances in which the Office for Legal Complaints and the Legal Services Board respectively may disclose restricted information (information obtained in the exercise of their regulatory functions, principally during the investigation of a complaint). This Order specifies additional persons to whom the Office for Legal Complaints and the Legal Services Board may disclose restricted information and prescribes the purposes for which it may be disclosed.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment was prepared for the Legal Services Bill in November 2006 and supplemented in June 2007. In addition an Impact Assessment has been prepared specifically for this Order. That Impact Assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

 2007 c. 29. Art. 1 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1Sch. 1 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1Art. 2 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1Art. 3 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1Sch. 2 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 197Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/549), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 43 (with art. 3)Words in Sch. 1 inserted (28.11.2017) by The Central Securities Depositories Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1064), reg. 1, Sch. para. 35 (with regs. 7(4), 9(1))Words in Sch. 1 omitted (29.11.2018 for specified purposes, 1.4.2019 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Claims Management Activity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1253), arts. 1(2)(3), 101