<Dd> (ii) any authority which is listed only in relation to particular information . </Dd> <P> Under s5 of the act the Secretary of State may designate further bodies as public authorities under the act, provided that those bodies are exercising a function of a public nature or contracting to provide a service whose provision is a function of a public authority . The first order under section 5 (in November 2011) extended the list of public authorities to also include the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Financial Ombudsman Service and UCAS . </P> <P> The act creates a general right of access, on request, to information held by public authorities . On receipt of a freedom of information claim a public authority has two corresponding duties . First, a duty to inform a member of the public whether or not it holds the information requested (s1 (1) (a)), and second, if it does hold that information, to communicate it to the person making that request (s1 (1) (b)). As the corollary to this, the Act thus grants the equivalent rights to a confirmation or denial and communication of relevant information to an individual making a request under the act . The basic duty is supplemented by an additional duty to aid individuals in making requests and ensuring that they frame their FOI requests appropriately . (s. 16 (1)) </P> <P> However, there are numerous exemptions . Some of these are absolute bars to disclosure; some are qualified, which means the public authority has to decide whether the public interest in disclosing the relevant information outweighs the public interest in maintaining the exemption . An applicant for information who considers that a request has been wrongly rejected may apply to the Information Commissioner, who has the power to order disclosure . However, such orders can be appealed to a specialist tribunal (the Information Tribunal) and in some circumstances the Government has the power to override orders of the Information Commissioner . </P>

Under the freedom of information act 2000 information that can be passed to a requester includes