101Government information of abolished agencies

101 Government information of abolished agencies (1) This section applies if an agency is abolished. (2) Any access application made to the abolished agency, and any decision made by the abolished agency in relation to an access application, is taken to have been made to or by— (a) the agency that acquired the abolished agency’s functions; or (b) if the abolished agency’s functions are acquired by more than 1 other agency—whichever of the other agencies has acquired the functions of the abolished agency that are most clearly related to the subject matter of the application; or (c) if no agency acquired the abolished agency’s functions—the agency with functions most similar to those functions. (3) If the agency to which an access application is taken to have been made, or by which a decision on an access application is taken to have been made, under subsection (2) was not itself in existence when the application or decision was taken to have been made, then, for the purpose only of dealing with the request or decision under this Act, that agency is taken to have been in existence at that time.