160Inspection and disclosure of personal information
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(1)Section 15 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (inspection of documents and questions at audit) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) for “about a member of the staff of the body whose accounts are being audited” substitute “within the meaning of subsection (3A) or (4)”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)Information is personal information if—
(a)it identifies a particular individual or enables a particular individual to be identified; and
(b)the auditor considers that it should not be inspected or disclosed.”
(4)In subsection (4), for the words from the beginning to “if it” substitute “Information is personal information if it is information about a member of the staff of the body whose accounts are being audited which”.