Commissions of Investigation Act 2004
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 Restriction of Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2003.  |     
 40.—(1) The Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2003 do not apply to a record relating to an investigation by a commission unless—  | |
(a) the record was created before the making of the order establishing the commission, or  | ||
(b) the record relates to the expenses of the commission or the appointment of persons under section 7 or 8 or other matters concerning the general administration of the commission.  | ||
(2) Subsection (1) applies whether the record concerned is held by—  | ||
(a) the commission,  | ||
(b) the specified Minister after being deposited with him or her under section 43 (2),  | ||
(c) a tribunal of inquiry after being made available to it under section 45 , or  | ||
(d) a body after being transferred to it on the dissolution of a tribunal of inquiry to which the record was made available under section 45 .  | ||
(3) In this section, “record” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2003.  |