{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-commissioner-for-standards-measure-2009/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-commissioner-for-standards-measure-2009/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2009/4",
  "legislation_title": "National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-commissioner-for-standards-measure-2009",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Restriction on disclosure of information",
  "text": "(1) Except as permitted by subsection (2), the Commissioner or the staff of, or any other person appointed by, the Commissioner must not—\n(a) disclose any information contained in the complaint or any information which is furnished to or obtained by them in the course of, or for the purposes of, an investigation into that complaint,\n(b) disclose any information which is furnished to or obtained by them in the course of, or for the purposes of, an investigation under section 10A.\n(2) Such information may be disclosed for the purpose of—\n(a) enabling or assisting the Commissioner to discharge any functions imposed or conferred on the Commissioner by virtue of any provision in this Measure,\n(b) enabling the Commissioner to comply with any duty imposed on the Commissioner by or under any other enactment, or\n(c) the investigation or prosecution of any offence or suspected offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(1) renumbered as s. 16(1)(a) (28.4.2026) by Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026 (asc 9), s. 26(1), Sch. para. 5(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 16(1)(b) inserted (28.4.2026) by Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026 (asc 9), s. 26(1), Sch. para. 5(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 comes into force in accordance with s. 21(2)(b)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2009/4/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:49.149424+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."
}