Section 97

The 2018 Act is amended as follows. In section 142 (information notices)— in subsection (1)— in paragraph (a), after “information” insert “or documents”, and in paragraph (b), after “information” insert “or documents”, in subsection (2)(b), after “information” insert “or documents”, in subsection (3)— in paragraph (a), after “information”, in both places it occurs, insert “or documents”, in paragraph (b), after “information” insert “or documents”, in paragraph (c), after “information” insert “or documents”, and in paragraph (d), after “information” insert “or documents”, in subsection (5), after “information”, in the second place it occurs, insert “or documents”, in subsection (6), after “information”, in the second place it occurs, insert “or documents”, and in subsection (7)— in paragraph (a), for “is” substitute “or documents are”, and in the words after paragraph (b), after “information” insert “or documents”. In section 143 (information notices: restrictions)— in subsection (1)(b)(ii), for “is” substitute “or documents are”, in subsection (2), after “information”, in the second place it occurs, insert “or documents”, in subsection (3), for “in respect” substitute “or documents to the extent that requiring the person to do so would result in the disclosure”, in subsection (4), for “in respect” substitute “or documents to the extent that requiring the person to do so would result in the disclosure”, and in subsection (6), after “information”, in the second place it occurs, insert “or documents”. In section 145 (information orders)— in subsection (2)— in paragraph (a), after “information”, in the first place it occurs, insert “or documents”, and in paragraph (b), after “information” insert “or documents”, and in subsection (3)— in paragraph (a), after “information” insert “or documents”, in paragraph (b), after “information” insert “or documents”, and in paragraph (c), after “information” insert “or documents”. In section 148(1) (destroying or falsifying information and documents etc), in paragraph (a), after “information”, in the second place it occurs, insert “or a document”. In section 160 (guidance about regulatory action), in subsection (3)(a), for “is” substitute “or documents are”. In Schedule 17 (review of processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism), in paragraph 2(2) (information notices)— in paragraph (a), for “is” substitute “or documents are”, and in the words after paragraph (b), after “information” insert “or documents”.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04