80 Access to information by the Statistics Board

80  Access to information by the Statistics Board

After section 45A of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (inserted by section 79) insert—

“45B Access to information held by Crown bodies etc

(1)     This section applies to—

(a)     a public authority which is an emanation of the Crown or a servant or agent of the Crown,

(b)     the Bank of England (including in the exercise of its functions as the Prudential Regulation Authority),

(c)     a subsidiary undertaking of the Bank of England within the meaning of the Companies Acts (see sections 1161 and 1162 of the Companies Act 2006),

(d)     the Financial Conduct Authority, and

(e)     the Payment Systems Regulator established under section 40 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013.

(2)     Subject to this section and section 45E, the Board has a right of access to information which—

(a)     is held by a public authority to which this section applies in connection with its functions, and

(b)     is required by the Board to enable it to exercise one or more of its functions.

(3)     Subsection (2) does not apply to information if the disclosure of that information—

(a)     would contravene the Data Protection Act 1998,

(b)

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