The Information Tribunal has been abolished and its functions have been subsumed into the General Regulatory Chamber (GRC) which is part of a unified tribunals service. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for monitoring institutions' compliance with freedom of information and data protection laws. Appeals against its ruling have until now gone through the Information Tribunal. The unification of tribunals services is part of a Government plan to centralise tribunal activity. The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 came into force on 18 January 2010 and can be accessed online at -
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/pdf/uksi_20100022_en.pdf. Further detail of the news item can be found on the OUT-LAW website at - http://www.out-law.com/page-10669.