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The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004
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4.—(1) A Minister of the Crown may give notice in writing to the Ombudsman with respect to–
(a)any document or information specified in the notice, requested by virtue of an investigation under the Act; or
(b)any class of documents or information so specified,
that, in the opinion of the Minister, the disclosure of the document or information, or of documents or information of that class, would be prejudicial to the safety of the State or otherwise contrary to the public interest.
(2) Where such a notice is given nothing in the Act shall be construed as authorising or requiring the Ombudsman or any of the Ombudsman’s advisers to communicate to any person for any purpose any document or information specified in the notice, or any document or information of a class so specified.
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