# Freedom of Information Act 2000, Section 6: Publicly-owned companies.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A company is a “publicly-owned company” for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) if—
(a) it is wholly owned by the Crown, ...
(b) it is wholly owned by the wider public sector , or
(c) it is wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.
(2) For the purposes of this section—
(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)—
(i) a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown, or
(ii) a person acting on behalf of a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown,
(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)—
(i) a relevant public authority or a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, or
(ii) a person acting on behalf of a relevant public authority or of a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, and
(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.
(2A) In subsection (2)(c)—
(a) condition A is met if—
(i) at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii),
(ii) at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(b)(i) or (ii), and
(iii) every member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),
(b) condition B is met if—
(i) at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),
(ii) at least one member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector, and
(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
(c) condition C is met if every member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.
(3) In this section—
“company” includes any body corporate;
“Minister of the Crown” includes a Northern Ireland Minister.
“ relevant public authority ” means any public authority listed in Schedule 1 other than—
a government department, or
any authority which is listed only in relation to particular information

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.