The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2026

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (“ the Act ”) restricts the disclosure of specified information which relates to the affairs of an individual or to any business of an undertaking. Specified information, defined by section 238 of the Act, includes information which comes to a public authority in connection with the exercise of any function it has under or by virtue of an enactment specified in Schedule 14 to the Act, or subordinate legislation specified for the purposes of section 238(1)(c) by order of the Secretary of State. Section 241(3) of the Act provides that a public authority may disclose specified information to another person for the purposes of facilitating the exercise of functions the other person has, including functions under an enactment specified in Schedule 15 to the Act or any subordinate legislation specified for the purposes of section 241(3)(c) by order of the Secretary of State.

This Order specifies, for the purposes of sections 238(1)(c) and 241(3)(c) of the Act, the Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025. As a result, the provisions of Part 9 of the Act apply to information obtained by a public authority under the Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no, or no significant, impact on the costs of business.