Part VIIIMiscellaneous and supplemental
- Section 74Power to make provision relating to environmental information.
(1) In this section “the Aarhus Convention” means the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters signed at Aarhus…
- Section 75Power to amend or repeal enactments prohibiting disclosure of information.
(1) If, with respect to any enactment which prohibits the disclosure of information held by a public authority, it appears to the Secretary of State or the Minister…
- Section 76Disclosure of information between Commission and ombudsmen.
(1) The Commission may disclose to a person specified in the first column of the Table below any information obtained by, or furnished to, the Commission under or…
- Section 76ADisclosure between Commission and Scottish Information Commissioner
The Commission may disclose to the Scottish Information Commissioner any information obtained or furnished as mentioned in section 76(1) of this Act if it appears to the Commission…
- Section 76BDisclosure of information to Tribunal
(1) No enactment or rule of law prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of information precludes a person from providing the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal with information…
- Section 77Offence of altering etc. records with intent to prevent disclosure.
(1) Where— (a) a request for information has been made to a public authority, and (b) under section 1 of this Act ... the applicant would have been…
- Section 78Saving for existing powers.
Nothing in this Act is to be taken to limit the powers of a public authority to disclose information held by it.
- Section 79Defamation.
Where any information communicated by a public authority to a person (“the applicant”) under section 1 was supplied to the public authority by a third person, the publication…
- Section 80Scotland.
(1) No order may be made under section 4(1) or 5 in relation to any of the bodies specified in subsection (2) ; and the power conferred by…
- Section 80AInformation held by Northern Ireland bodies
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- Section 81Application to government departments, etc.
(1) For the purposes of this Act each government department is to be treated as a person separate from any other government department. (2) Subsection (1) does not…
- Section 82Orders and regulations.
(1) Any power of the . . . Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office to make an order or regulations under this Act shall…
- Section 83Meaning of “Welsh public authority”.
(1) In this Act “Welsh public authority” means— (a) any public authority which is listed in Part II, III, IV or VI of Schedule 1 and whose functions…
- Section 84Interpretation.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “applicant”, in relation to a request for information, means the person who made the request; “appropriate Northern Ireland Minister” means…
- Section 85Expenses.
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament— (a) any increase attributable to this Act in the expenses of the Secretary of State in respect of…
- Section 86Repeals.
Schedule 8 (repeals) has effect.
- Section 87Commencement.
(1) The following provisions of this Act shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed— (a) sections 3 to 8 and Schedule 1…
- Section 88Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 2000. (2) Subject to subsection (3) , this Act extends to Northern Ireland. (3) The amendment…
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