SCHEDULE 7 Disclosure of Information by Ombudsmen
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (2000 c 36) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 7 Disclosure of Information by Ombudsmen

Section 76(2)

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

1

At the end of section 11 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (provision for secrecy of information) there is inserted—

“(5)     Information obtained from the Information Commissioner by virtue of section 76(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section as obtained for the purposes of an investigation under this Act and, in relation to such information, the reference in paragraph (a) of that subsection to the investigation shall have effect as a reference to any investigation.â€

2

After section 11A of that Act there is inserted—

“11AA Disclosure of information by Parliamentary Commissioner to Information Commissioner

(1)     The Commissioner may disclose to the Information Commissioner any information obtained by, or furnished to, the Commissioner under or for the purposes of this Act if the information appears to the Commissioner to relate to—

(a)     a matter in respect of which the Information Commissioner could exercise any power conferred by—

(i)     Part V of the Data Protection Act 1998 (enforcement),

(ii)     section 48 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (practice recommendations), or

(iii)

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