The relationship between a provider and a legally aided person, and any privilege arising out of that relationship, does not preclude the provider from disclosing relevant information to the Lord Chancellor or the Director for the purposes of enabling or assisting them to carry out their functions under Part 1 of the Act.
For the purposes of this regulation—
“legally aided person” means an individual or a legal person to whom civil legal services or criminal legal aid have been made available under Part 1 of the Act;
“provider” means a person with whom the Lord Chancellor has made an arrangement under section 2(1) of the Act (arrangements) for the provision of civil legal services or criminal legal aid under Part 1 of the Act; and
“relevant information” means information relating to a legally aided person or to the civil legal services or criminal legal aid which have been made available to that person.