The Information Tribunal was a

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in the

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. It was established as the Data Protection Tribunal to hear appeals under the Data Protection Act 1984. Its name was changed to reflect its wider responsibilities under other

freedom of information Freedom of information is freedom of a person or people to publish and consume information. Access to information is the ability for an individual to seek, receive and impart information effectively. This sometimes includes "scientific, indigeno ...

legislation, as it then heard appeals from notices issued by Information Commissioner under two Acts of Parliament, the

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and the

Freedom of Information Act 2000 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities. It is the implementation of freedom of information legislation ...

, and two related

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s, the

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and the

Environmental Information Regulations 2004 The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) is a UK Statutory Instrument (SI 2004 No. 3391) that provides a statutory right of access to environmental information held by UK public authorities. The regulations came into force on 1 J ...

. In 2010 the tribunal became part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, referred to as the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights), as part of the reform of the structure of the UK system of tribunals. The last Chairman of the tribunal was lawyer John Angel, formerly of

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, and now a consultant with Jomati and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at Queen Mary, University of Londonbr>
There were nine Deputy Chairmen, all of whom were experienced

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s or

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