{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abuse-redress-rules-2026/rule-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abuse-redress-rules-2026/rule-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/883",
  "legislation_title": "The Abuse Redress Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abuse-redress-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/25",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Information sharing: objections to disclosure",
  "text": "(1) A person (“the objector”) may object under section 26(3) of the Measure to providing items of evidence specified in a notice under section 26(2) on any grounds on which the person would be entitled to do so under the data protection legislation or in proceedings in the High Court.\n(2) The objection must indicate, by reference to each item specified in the notice, whether the objector objects to providing it or is willing to do so.\n(3) The objection must, in the case of each item which the objector objects to providing, specify the grounds on which the objection is made, including the legal basis of the objection.\n(4) The objection must, in the case of each item which the objector is willing to provide, specify the date by which the objector expects to do so.\n(5) The objection—\n(a) may be made in writing, or\n(b) if the redress body arranges to provide a telephone facility for making the objection, may be made orally by using that facility.\n(6) The objection must be made before the end of 14 days beginning with the day after the objector receives the notice.\n(7) The redress body, having determined the objection, must notify the objector of its decision—\n(a) in the case of each item which the objector objects to providing, on whether to accept the objection and, if the redress body decides not to accept it, the date by which it requires the item to be provided, and\n(b) in the case of each item which the objector is willing to provide, on whether to accept the date which the objector specified for the purpose of paragraph (4) and, if the redress body decides not to accept it, the date by which it requires the item to be provided.\n(8) The notification under paragraph (7) must specify the reasons for each decision by the redress body.\n(9) The redress body may regulate its own procedure in determining an objection under section 26(3) of the Measure.\n(10) In discharging the duty under section 26(1) of the Measure or in responding to a notice under section 26(2), the appropriate authority must have due regard to any guidance on the matter which the Archbishops’ Council may prepare and from time to time revise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/883/rule/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:56:53.626981+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}