70Disclosure prejudicial to safety of State or contrary to public interestE+W
(1)A Minister of the Crown may give notice to the Ombudsman with respect to—
(a)any document or information specified in the notice, or
(b)any class of document or information so specified,
that, in the opinion of the Minister, the disclosure of that 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)If a notice is given under subsection (1), nothing in this Act is to be construed as authorising or requiring the Ombudsman, a member of the Ombudsman's staff or another person acting on the Ombudsman's behalf or assisting the Ombudsman in the discharge of the Ombudsman's functions to disclose to any person or for any purpose any document or information, or class of document or information, specified in the notice.
Commencement Information
I1S. 70 in force at 23.7.2019 by S.I. 2019/1096, reg. 2