# Policing and Crime Act 2017, Section 50: Freedom of Information Act etc: Police Federation for England and Wales

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Police Federation for England and Wales is to be treated for the purposes of—
(a) the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
(b) the 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).
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/section/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017/section-50
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