Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003

Amendment of section 15 (publication of information about public bodies) of Principal Act.

10.—Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by deleting subsection (4),

(b) in subsection (6), in paragraph (d), by substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii):

“(ii) the period of 12 months or of such other length as may be determined beginning on the expiration of the period aforesaid and each subsequent period of 12 months or of such other length as may be determined beginning on the expiration of the period of 12 months or of such other length as may be determined immediately preceding.”,

(c) in subsection (7), by substituting “subsection (1) or (2)” for “subsection (1), (2) or (4)”, and

(d) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (8):

“(9) In this section ‘published’ includes published by electronic means, and ‘publication’ shall be construed accordingly.”.