Part 3: Police Workforce and Representative Institutions Chapter 2: Representative Institutions Section 50: Freedom of Information Act etc: Police Federation for England and Wales
This section provides for the Police Federation to be treated as a public authority for the purposes of the the FOI Act, the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the 1998 Act") and section 18 of the Inquiries Act 2005, which includes provision in respect of the disclosure of information by public authorities about public inquiries established under that Act.
	The effect of the section is to apply to the Police Federation the obligations imposed on public authorities under the FOI Act to maintain a publication scheme and publish information in accordance with it, and to respond to requests for information from members of the public and others.
	The provision also requires the Police Federation to fulfill the extended obligations imposed on public authorities under the 1998 Act. This includes the requirement to consider the disclosure of any personal data held in paper records in response to a subject access request submitted under section 7 of the 1998 Act.