Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003

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Amendments to Freedom of Information Act 1997.

23.—The Freedom of Information Act 1997 is amended—

(a) in section 2(1), in the definition of “head of a public body”, by inserting the following after paragraph (jj) (inserted by the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 ):

“(jjj) in relation to the office of Pensions Ombudsman, the Pensions Ombudsman,”,

and

(b) in section 46(1)(c) (as amended by the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 )—

(i) by deleting “or” at the end of subparagraph (iii), and

(ii) by substituting the following for subparagraph (iv):

“(iv) an examination or investigation carried out by the Ombudsman for Children under the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 , or

(v) an examination or investigation carried out by the Pensions Ombudsman under the Pensions Act 1990 ,”,

and

(iii) in clause (II), by substituting “, the office of the Ombudsman for Children or the office of the Pensions Ombudsman” for “or the office of the Ombudsman for Children”.