Part 6Legal Complaints
Information
I1I2151Restricted information
1
Except as provided by section 152, restricted information must not be disclosed—
a
by a restricted person, or
b
by any person who receives the information directly or indirectly from a restricted person.
2
In this section and section 152—
“restricted information” means information (other than excluded information) which is obtained by a restricted person in the course of, or for the purposes of, an investigation into a complaint made under the ombudsman scheme (including information obtained for the purposes of deciding whether to begin such an investigation or in connection with the settlement of a complaint);
“restricted person” means—
- a
the OLC,
- b
an ombudsman, or
- c
a person who exercises functions delegated under paragraph 22 of Schedule 15.
- a
3
For the purposes of subsection (2) “excluded information” means—
a
information which is in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information relating to any particular person to be ascertained from it;
b
information which at the time of the disclosure is or has already been made available to the public from other sources;
c
information which was obtained more than 70 years before the date of the disclosure.