Part 6Legal Complaints

Information

I1I2151Restricted information

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. a

      the OLC,

    2. b

      an ombudsman, or

    3. c

      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.