Section 76: Disclosure of information between Commissioner and ombudsmen.

Freedom of Information Act 2000 · 2000 c. 36View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VIII: Miscellaneous and supplemental

The Commissioner may disclose to a person specified in the first column of the Table below any information obtained by, or furnished to, the Commissioner under or for the purposes of this Act or the data protection legislation if it appears to the Commissioner that the information relates to a matter which could be the subject of an investigation by that person under the enactment specified in relation to that person in the second column of that Table.

Schedule 7 (which contains amendments relating to information disclosed to ombudsmen under subsection (1) and to the disclosure of information by ombudsmen to the Commissioner) has effect.

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