Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3)

Part 3 U.K. Police workforce and representative institutions

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Representative institutions

50 Freedom of Information Act etc: Police Federation for England and Wales U.K.

[F1 (1)] The Police Federation for England and Wales is to be treated for the purposes of—

(a) the Freedom of Information Act 2000,

(b) [F2 the data protection legislation], and

(c) section 18 of the Inquiries Act 2005,

as if it were a body listed in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act (public authorities).

[F3 (2) In this section, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 50 renumbered as s. 50(1) (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 210(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

F2 Words in s. 50(1)(b) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 210(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

F3 S. 50(2) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 210(4) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 50 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 183