Part I Access to information held by public authorities
Right to information
6 Publicly-owned companies.
1
A company is a “publicly-owned company” for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) if—
a
it is wholly owned by the Crown, F2...
c
it is wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.
F12
For the purposes of this section—
a
a company is wholly owned by the Crown if, and only if, every member is a person falling within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii)—
i
a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown, or
ii
a person acting on behalf of a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown,
b
a company is wholly owned by the wider public sector if, and only if, every member is a person falling within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii)—
i
a relevant public authority or a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, or
ii
a person acting on behalf of a relevant public authority or of a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, and
c
a company is wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector if, and only if, condition A, B or C is met.
2A
In subsection (2)(c)—
a
condition A is met if—
i
at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii),
ii
at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(b)(i) or (ii), and
iii
every member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),
b
condition B is met if—
i
at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),
ii
at least one member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector, and
iii
every member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii) or a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector, and
c
condition C is met if every member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.
3
In this section—
“company” includes any body corporate;
“Minister of the Crown” includes a Northern Ireland Minister.
F5 “ relevant public authority ” means any public authority listed in Schedule 1 other than—
a government department, or
any authority which is listed only in relation to particular information