SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20Transitional provision etc

PART 6The Information Commissioner

19Appointment etc

1

On and after the relevant day, the individual who was the Commissioner immediately before that day—

a

continues to be the Commissioner,

b

is to be treated as having been appointed under Schedule 12 to this Act, and

c

holds office for the period—

i

beginning with the relevant day, and

ii

lasting for 7 years less a period equal to the individual’s pre-commencement term.

2

On and after the relevant day, a resolution passed by the House of Commons for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the 1998 Act (salary and pension of Commissioner), and not superseded before that day, is to be treated as having been passed for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to this Act.

3

In this paragraph—

  • “pre-commencement term”, in relation to an individual, means the period during which the individual was the Commissioner before the relevant day;

  • “the relevant day” means the day on which Schedule 12 to this Act comes into force.