{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002/section-26",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/13",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Prohibitions on disclosure",
  "text": "Information is exempt information if its disclosure by a Scottish public authority (otherwise than under this Act)—\n(a) is prohibited by or under an enactment;\n(b) is incompatible with an assimilated obligation; or\n(c) would constitute, or be punishable as, a contempt of court.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 6 (with art. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 26(b) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 26 excluded (1.12.2007) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), ss. 40(3), 74; S.I. 2007/3388, art. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:59.929274+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."
}