Valid from 30/01/2001
F128(1)The Welsh Administration Ombudsman may disclose to the Information Commissioner any information obtained by, or furnished to, the Welsh Administration Ombudsman under or for the purposes of this Schedule if the information appears to the Welsh Administration Ombudsman to relate to—
(a)a matter in respect of which the Information Commissioner could exercise any power conferred by—
(i)Part V of the Data Protection Act 1998 (enforcement),
(ii)section 48 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (practice recommendations), or
(iii)Part IV of that Act (enforcement), or
(b)the commission of an offence under—
(i)any provision of the Data Protection Act 1998 other than paragraph 12 of Schedule 9 (obstruction of execution of warrant), or
(ii)section 77 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (offence of altering etc. records with intent to prevent disclosure).
(2)Nothing in paragraph 25(1) applies in relation to the disclosure of information in accordance with this paragraph.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 28 and crossheading preceding it inserted (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 76(2), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 8 (with ss. 56, 78)