(1)The MMO may (whether alone or with other bodies or persons)—
(a)undertake research into any matter relating to its functions or its general objective, or
(b)commission or support (by financial means or otherwise) research into any such matter.
(2)The MMO is to make the results of any such research available to any person on request.
(3)Subsection (2) does not require the MMO to make available—
(a)any information that it could refuse to disclose in response to a request under—
(i)the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36), or
(ii)the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/ 3391) or any regulations replacing those Regulations;
(b)any information whose disclosure is prohibited by any enactment.
Commencement Information
I1S. 24 in force at 12.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 3