Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012

Amendment of section 9 (secrecy of information) of Principal Act.

13.— Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraphs (a) and (b)—

(i) by substituting “exempt record” for “document, information or thing” (wherever occurring),

(ii) by substituting “exempt records” for “documents, information or things” (wherever occurring),

(b) in paragraph (c) by substituting “exempt record” for“document, information or thing” (wherever occurring), and

(c) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(d) In this subsection, ‘exempt record’ has the meaning given by section 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 .”.