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Section 151 Restricted informationI1I2

(1)

Except as provided by section 152, restricted information must not be disclosed—

(a)

by a restricted person, or

(b)

by any person who receives the information directly or indirectly from a restricted person.

(2)

In this section and section 152—

  • “restricted information” means information (other than excluded information) which is obtained by a restricted person in the course of, or for the purposes of, an investigation into a complaint made under the ombudsman scheme (including information obtained for the purposes of deciding whether to begin such an investigation or in connection with the settlement of a complaint);

  • “restricted person” means—

    1. (a)

      the OLC,

    2. (b)

      an ombudsman, or

    3. (c)

      a person who exercises functions delegated under paragraph 22 of Schedule 15.

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2) “excluded information” means—

(a)

information which is in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information relating to any particular person to be ascertained from it;

(b)

information which at the time of the disclosure is or has already been made available to the public from other sources;

(c)

information which was obtained more than 70 years before the date of the disclosure.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 151 partly in force: s. 151 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 211; s. 151 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(d) (with art. 9)

I2

S. 151 in force at 6.10.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/2089, art. 2(a)