Part I Access to information held by public authorities

Right to information

C1C23 Public authorities.

1

In this Act “public authority” means—

a

subject to section 4(4), any body which, any other person who, or the holder of any office which—

i

is listed in Schedule 1, or

ii

is designated by order under section 5, or

C3C4b

a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6.

C82

For the purposes of this Act, information is held by a public authority if—

a

it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person, or

C5C6C7b

it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.