Section 50 Freedom of Information Act etc: Police Federation for England and WalesI1

United Kingdom

F1(1)

The Police Federation for England and Wales is to be treated for the purposes of—

(a)

the Freedom of Information Act 2000,

(b)

F2the data protection legislation, and

(c)

section 18 of the Inquiries Act 2005,

as if it were a body listed in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act (public authorities).

F3(2)

In this section, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).

Annotations

F1: S. 50 renumbered as s. 50(1) (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 210(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F2: Words in s. 50(1)(b) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 210(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F3: S. 50(2) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 210(4) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)