Explanatory Notes

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

2007 CHAPTER 15

19th July 2007

Part 4: Enforcement of Judgments and Orders

Commentary on Sections: Part 4

Section 99: Responding to a departmental information request

438.This section enables a government department in receipt of an information request to disclose information that it considers is necessary to comply with the request and also enables disclosure of information where such information is held by a government contractor. The section disapplies any legal restrictions that might otherwise apply to such a disclosure. Arrangements concerning compliance with such requests will be set out in non-legislative agreements between MoJ and the respective departments.