Restriction of disclosure of information4

1

Article 32(1) of the Order does not prevent the disclosure of information after the end of the restricted period if—

a

the disclosure is by a person who is, or is acting on behalf of a person who is, a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 20005; and

b

the information is not held by the public authority on behalf of another person.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), “the restricted period” is the period of one hundred years starting at the end of the calendar year in which a record containing information was first created and held by the Department.