Section 6 — Freedom of Information Act 2000: Publicly-owned companies.

Publicly-owned companies. 6 1 A company is a “ publicly-owned company ” for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) if—

a it is wholly owned by the Crown, ... b it is wholly owned by the wider public sector , or c it is wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.

2 For the purposes of this section—

a a company is wholly owned by the Crown if, and only if, every member is a person falling within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii)—

i a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown, or ii a person acting on behalf of a Minister of the Crown, government department or company wholly owned by the Crown, b a company is wholly owned by the wider public sector if, and only if, every member is a person falling within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii)—

i a relevant public authority or a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, or ii a person acting on behalf of a relevant public authority or of a company wholly owned by the wider public sector, and c a company is wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector if, and only if, condition A, B or C is met. 2A In subsection (2)(c)—

a condition A is met if—

i at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii),

ii at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(b)(i) or (ii), and iii every member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),

b condition B is met if—

i at least one member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii),

ii at least one member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector, and iii every member is a person falling within subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii) or a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector, and c condition C is met if every member is a company wholly owned by the Crown and the wider public sector.

3 In this section— “ company ” includes any body corporate; “ Minister of the Crown ” includes a Northern Ireland Minister. “ relevant public authority ” means any public authority listed in Schedule 1 other than—

a government department, or any authority which is listed only in relation to particular information