210 Approved regulators: information powers relating to economic crime
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (2023 c 56) | Legislation

210  Approved regulators: information powers relating to economic crime

(1)     The Legal Services Act 2007 is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 111 insert—

“Part 5A
Approved Regulators: Information Powers

The Law Society's information powers relating to economic crime

111A The Law Society's information powers relating to economic crime

(1)     The Law Society may, by notice, require a person falling within subsection (3) to—

(a)     provide information, or information of a description, specified in the notice;

(b)     produce documents, or documents of a description, specified in the notice.

(2)     The Law Society may only exercise the power in subsection (1) in relation to information or documents which the Law Society considers it necessary or expedient to have for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of its regulatory functions for purposes relating to the prevention or detection of economic crime.

(3)     The persons are—

(a)     a solicitor;

(b)     an employee of a solicitor;

(c)     a body recognised under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985;

(d)     an employee or manager of, or person with an interest in, such a body;

(e)     a licensed body;

(f)     a manager or employee of a licensed body;

(g)

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