{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/36",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Publicly-owned companies.",
  "text": "(1) A company is a “publicly-owned company” for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) if—\n(a) it is wholly owned by the Crown, ...\n(b) it is wholly owned by the wider public sector , or\n(c) it is wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.\n(2) For the purposes of this section—\n(a) a company is wholly owned by the Crown if, and only if, every member is a person falling within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii)—\n(i) a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown, or\n(ii) a person acting on behalf of a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown,\n(b) a company is wholly owned by the wider public sector if, and only if, every member is a person falling within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii)—\n(i) a relevant public authority or a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, or\n(ii) a person acting on behalf of a relevant public authority or of a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, and\n(c) a company is wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector if, and only if, condition A, B or C is met.\n(2A) In subsection (2)(c)—\n(a) condition A is met if—\n(i) at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii),\n(ii) at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(b)(i) or (ii), and\n(iii) every member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),\n(b) condition B is met if—\n(i) at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),\n(ii) at least one member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector, and\n(iii) every member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii) or a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector, and\n(c) condition C is met if every member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.\n(3) In this section—\n“company” includes any body corporate;\n“Minister of the Crown” includes a Northern Ireland Minister.\n“ relevant public authority ” means any public authority listed in Schedule 1 other than—\na government department, or\nany authority which is listed only in relation to particular information",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 6(1)(a) repealed (1.9.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 103(2)(a), 120, Sch. 10 Pt. 7 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1906, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 103(2)(b), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1906, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 6(1)(c) and word inserted (1.9.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 103(2)(c), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1906, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 6(2)(2A) substituted for s. 6(2) (1.9.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 103(3), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1906, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(3) inserted (1.9.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 103(4), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1906, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:36.241606+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."
}