Statute
Section 44 — Freedom of Information Act 2000: Prohibitions on disclosure.
Text of the provision Official document
Prohibitions on disclosure. 44 1 Information is exempt information if its disclosure (otherwise than under this Act) by the public authority holding it—
a is prohibited by or under any enactment, b is incompatible with any assimilated obligation , or c would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.
2 The duty to confirm or deny does not arise if the confirmation or denial that would have to be given to comply with section 1(1)(a) would (apart from this Act) fall within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1).
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