Official Information
(b)
(c)
(d)
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providing the procedure for the service of notices and
documents under this Act;
prescribing reasonable charges or scales of reasonable
charges for the purposes of this Act;
providing for such matters as are contemplated by or
necessary for giving full effect to this Act and for its due
administration.
48.
Protection against certain actions - (1) Where any official information is
made available in good faith pursuant to this Act –
(a)
no proceedings, civil or criminal, shall lie against the Crown
or any other person in respect of the making available of that
information, or for any consequences that follow from the
making available of that information; and
(b)
no proceedings, civil or criminal, in respect of any
publication involved in, or resulting from, the making
available of that information shall lie against the author of
the information or any other person by reason of that author
or other person having supplied the information to a Ministry
or Minister of the Crown or organisation.
(2)
The making available of, or the giving access to, any official
information in consequence of a request made under this Act shall not be taken, for the
purposes of the law relating to defamation or breach of confidence or infringement of
copyright, to constitute an authorization or approval of the publication of the document or
of its contents by the person to whom the information is made available or the access is
given.
49.
Power to amend Schedule 1 by Order in Executive Council - Where any
Ministry or organisation named in Schedule 1 of this Act is abolished or any new Ministry
or organisation is established, or its name is altered, the Queen’s Representative may by
Order in Executive Council, make such amendments to that Schedule as may be necessary
to give effect to the abolition, establishment, or alteration.
50.
Consequential amendment - The Race Relations Act 1972 is amended in
the manner indicated in Schedule 2 of this Act.
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Repeal - The Official Secrets Act 1951 is repealed.
52.
Savings - (1) Nothing in this Act authorises or permits the making available
of any official information if the making available of that information would constitute
contempt of Court or of Parliament.
(2)
Except as provided in sections 50 and 51 of this Act, nothing in this
Act derogates from –
(a)
any provision which is contained in any other Act and which
authorizes or requires official information to be made
available; or
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