ACPO / National Police Chiefs' Council - both were eventually made subject to FOI specifically
Cambridge University Bursars' Committee. "The Bursars Committee refused, claiming to be a private club legally distinct from the University and therefore not covered by the FOI Act." (Reference)
Currently FOI does cover corporate bodies where every member is "a person acting on behalf of a relevant public authority or of a company wholly owned by the wider public sector"
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/6
This could be argued to apply to each of the above cases, however it doesn't appear to be clear-cut, and a counter argument could be made. Clarity in law would be preferable.
Caution - we don't want to make unions of public sector staff subject to FOI.
garethrees
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2 years ago
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/national_fire_chiefs_council
Further examples
Currently FOI does cover corporate bodies where every member is "a person acting on behalf of a relevant public authority or of a company wholly owned by the wider public sector" https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/6
This could be argued to apply to each of the above cases, however it doesn't appear to be clear-cut, and a counter argument could be made. Clarity in law would be preferable.
Caution - we don't want to make unions of public sector staff subject to FOI.
We do want to see bodies discharging public functions subject to FOI in relation to those public functions - such a definition would be along the "functions of public administration" lines used by the Environmental Information Regulations.