SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 U.K. Disclosure of information by ombudsmen

The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints U.K.

9 U.K. At the end of Article 21 of the M1 Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (disclosure of information by Commissioner) there is inserted—

“(5) Information obtained from the Information Commissioner by virtue of section 76 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as obtained for the purposes of an investigation under this Order and, in relation to such information, the reference in paragraph (1)(a) to the investigation shall have effect as a reference to any investigation.”

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1996/1297 (N.I. 7).