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ACT
Unit: PAG1
Rev RA Proof, 29.11.2000
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Part II
1955 c. 18.
1955 c. 19.
1957 c. 53.
(c) proceedings before a court established by section 83ZA
of the Army Act 1955, section 83ZA of the Air Force Act 1955
or section 52FF of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (summary
appeal courts),
(d) proceedings before the Courts-Martial Appeal Court,
and
(e) proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court;
“offence” includes any offence under the Army Act 1955, the Air
Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957.
(6) In the application of this section to Scotland—
(a) in subsection (1)(b), for the words from “a decision” to the end
there is substituted “a decision by the authority to make a report
to the procurator fiscal for the purpose of enabling him to
determine whether criminal proceedings should be instituted”,
(b) in subsections (1)(c) and (2)(a)(ii) for “which the authority has
power to conduct” there is substituted “which have been
instituted in consequence of a report made by the authority to
the procurator fiscal”, and
(c) for any reference to a person being charged with an offence there
is substituted a reference to the person being prosecuted for the
offence.
Law enforcement.
1976 c. 14.
31.—(1) Information which is not exempt information by virtue of
section 30 is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or
would be likely to, prejudice—
(a) the prevention or detection of crime,
(b) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders,
(c) the administration of justice,
(d) the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or of any
imposition of a similar nature,
(e) the operation of the immigration controls,
(f) the maintenance of security and good order in prisons or in other
institutions where persons are lawfully detained,
(g) the exercise by any public authority of its functions for any of the
purposes specified in subsection (2),
(h) any civil proceedings which are brought by or on behalf of a
public authority and arise out of an investigation conducted, for
any of the purposes specified in subsection (2), by or on behalf
of the authority by virtue of Her Majesty’s prerogative or by
virtue of powers conferred by or under an enactment, or
(i) any inquiry held under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths
Inquiries (Scotland) Act 1976 to the extent that the inquiry
arises out of an investigation conducted, for any of the purposes
specified in subsection (2), by or on behalf of the authority by
virtue of Her Majesty’s prerogative or by virtue of powers
conferred by or under an enactment.
(2) The purposes referred to in subsection (1)(g) to (i) are—
(a) the purpose of ascertaining whether any person has failed to
comply with the law,
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