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The Freedom of Information (Removal and Relaxation of Statutory Prohibitions on Disclosure of Information) Order 2004

Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

3.  After section 59 of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963(1) (restriction on disclosure of information), insert–

“Exception to restriction: public authorities

59A.  Section 59 does not apply if–

(a)the person making the disclosure referred to in that section is, or is acting on behalf of a person who is, a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and

(b)the information is not held by the authority on behalf of another person.”

(1)

1963 c. 41, as amended by regulation 2(a) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1974/1943.