{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-76.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/36",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000",
  "path": "section/76",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Disclosure of information between Commission and ombudsmen.",
  "text": "(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 for the purposes of this Act or the data protection legislation if it appears to the Commission that the information relates to a matter which could be the subject of an investigation by that person under the enactment specified in relation to that person in the second column of that Table.\nTABLE\nOmbudsman\nEnactment\nThe Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.\nThe Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13).\nThe Health Service Commissioner for England.\nThe Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c. 46).\n...\n...\n...\n...\nA Local Commissioner as defined by section 23(3) of the Local Government Act 1974. The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman\nPart III or Part 3A of the Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7).\nThe Scottish Public Services Ombudsman\nThe Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)\n...\n...\n...\n...\nThe Public Services Ombudsman for Wales\nPart 2 of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 or Part 3 of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019\n...\n...\nThe Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.\nThe Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7)).\nThe Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.\nThe Ombudsman (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8)).\nThe Commissioner for Older People in Wales\nThe Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006\n(2) Schedule 7 (which contains amendments relating to information disclosed to ombudsmen under subsection (1) and to the disclosure of information by ombudsmen to the Commissioner) has effect.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 76(1) substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(21)(b); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 76(1) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 61 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 76(1): entry repealed (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), ss. 39, 40, Sch. 6 para. 71(a), Sch. 7; S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1) (with art. 5(2), Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 76(1): entry repealed (S.) (23.10.2002) by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11), s. 25, Sch. 6 para. 23(2)(a); S.S.I. 2002/467, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 76 inserted (1.10.2010) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), ss. 35, 40, Sch. 5 para. 14; S.I. 2010/1863, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 76(1): entry inserted (S.) (23.10.2002) by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11), s. 25, Sch. 6 para. 23(2)(b); S.S.I. 2002/467, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 76(1): entry repealed (S.) (23.10.2002) by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11), s. 25, Sch. 6 para. 23(2)(a); S.S.I. 2002/467, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 76(1): entry substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), ss. 39(1), 40, Sch. 6 para. 71(b); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1) (with art. 5(2), Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 76 inserted (W.) (23.7.2019) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3), s. 77(1), Sch. 5 para. 18; S.I. 2019/1096, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 76(1): entry repealed (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), ss. 39, 40, Sch. 6 para. 71(a), Sch. 7; S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1) (with art. 5(2), Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 76(1): entry inserted (14.10.2006 for W.) by Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 30), ss. 1(2), 23, Sch. 1 para. 21(a); S.I. 2006/2699, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in s. 76 heading substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(21)(a); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 76(1) applied (31.12.2009) by The INSPIRE Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3157), reg. 11(11) (as amended (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(2); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c))"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/76",
    "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."
}