Part 6

Legal Complaints

Information

Restricted information
151
1
Except as provided by section 152, restricted information must not be disclosed—
a
by a restricted person, or
b
by any person who receives the information directly or indirectly from a restricted person.
2
In this section and section 152—
- “restricted information” means information (other than excluded information) which is obtained by a restricted person in the course of, or for the purposes of, an investigation into a complaint made under the ombudsman scheme (including information obtained for the purposes of deciding whether to begin such an investigation or in connection with the settlement of a complaint);
- “restricted person” means—
  1. the OLC,
  2. an ombudsman, or
  3. a person who exercises functions delegated under paragraph 22 of Schedule 15.
3
For the purposes of subsection (2) “excluded information” means—
a
information which is in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information relating to any particular person to be ascertained from it;
b
information which at the time of the disclosure is or has already been made available to the public from other sources;
c
information which was obtained more than 70 years before the date of the disclosure.
S. 151 partly in force: s. 151 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 211; s. 151 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(d) (with art. 9)
S. 151 in force at 6.10.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/2089, art. 2(a)