diff --git a/config/ldp/authorization/allow-all.json b/config/ldp/authorization/allow-all.json
index af59acab2..4002792a3 100644
--- a/config/ldp/authorization/allow-all.json
+++ b/config/ldp/authorization/allow-all.json
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
         "DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION. ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, OR DEBUGGING.",
         "Always allows all operations."
       ],
-      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:Authorizer",
-      "@type": "PermissionBasedAuthorizer",
-      "reader": {
-        "@type": "AllStaticReader",
-        "allow": true
-      }
+      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:PermissionReader",
+      "@type": "AllStaticReader",
+      "allow": true
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/config/ldp/authorization/webacl.json b/config/ldp/authorization/webacl.json
index 85a0a7a1f..8b25b8648 100644
--- a/config/ldp/authorization/webacl.json
+++ b/config/ldp/authorization/webacl.json
@@ -6,26 +6,23 @@
   "@graph": [
     {
       "comment": "Uses Web Access Control for authorization.",
-      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:Authorizer",
-      "@type": "PermissionBasedAuthorizer",
-      "reader": {
-        "@type": "UnionPermissionReader",
-        "readers": [
-          {
-            "comment": "This PermissionReader will be used to prevent external access to containers used for internal storage.",
-            "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:PathBasedReader",
-            "@type": "PathBasedReader",
-            "baseUrl": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl" }
-          },
-          {
-            "comment": "This PermissionReader makes sure that for auxiliary resources, the main reader gets called with the associated identifier.",
-            "@type": "AuxiliaryReader",
-            "resourceReader": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:WebAclReader" },
-            "auxiliaryStrategy": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:AuxiliaryStrategy" }
-          },
-          { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:WebAclReader" }
-        ]
-      }
+      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:PermissionReader",
+      "@type": "UnionPermissionReader",
+      "readers": [
+        {
+          "comment": "This PermissionReader will be used to prevent external access to containers used for internal storage.",
+          "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:PathBasedReader",
+          "@type": "PathBasedReader",
+          "baseUrl": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl" }
+        },
+        {
+          "comment": "This PermissionReader makes sure that for auxiliary resources, the main reader gets called with the associated identifier.",
+          "@type": "AuxiliaryReader",
+          "resourceReader": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:WebAclReader" },
+          "auxiliaryStrategy": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:AuxiliaryStrategy" }
+        },
+        { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:WebAclReader" }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/config/ldp/handler/components/authorizer.json b/config/ldp/handler/components/authorizer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee130381d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/ldp/handler/components/authorizer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "@context": "https://linkedsoftwaredependencies.org/bundles/npm/@solid/community-server/^1.0.0/components/context.jsonld",
+  "@graph": [
+    {
+      "comment": "Matches requested permissions with those available.",
+      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:Authorizer",
+      "@type": "PermissionBasedAuthorizer"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/config/ldp/handler/components/operation-handler.json b/config/ldp/handler/components/operation-handler.json
index 37fd10f51..befe45474 100644
--- a/config/ldp/handler/components/operation-handler.json
+++ b/config/ldp/handler/components/operation-handler.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       "handlers": [
         {
           "@type": "GetOperationHandler",
-          "store": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResourceStore" }
+          "store": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResourceStore" },
         },
         {
           "@type": "PostOperationHandler",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         },
         {
           "@type": "HeadOperationHandler",
-          "store": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResourceStore" }
+          "store": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResourceStore" },
         },
         {
           "@type": "PatchOperationHandler",
diff --git a/config/ldp/handler/components/operation-metadata.json b/config/ldp/handler/components/operation-metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a907f9eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/ldp/handler/components/operation-metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "@context": "https://linkedsoftwaredependencies.org/bundles/npm/@solid/community-server/^1.0.0/components/context.jsonld",
+  "@graph": [
+    {
+      "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:OperationMetadataCollector",
+      "@type": "WebAclMetadataCollector"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/config/ldp/handler/default.json b/config/ldp/handler/default.json
index b08820164..968da17c1 100644
--- a/config/ldp/handler/default.json
+++ b/config/ldp/handler/default.json
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 {
   "@context": "https://linkedsoftwaredependencies.org/bundles/npm/@solid/community-server/^1.0.0/components/context.jsonld",
   "import": [
+    "files-scs:config/ldp/handler/components/authorizer.json",
     "files-scs:config/ldp/handler/components/error-handler.json",
     "files-scs:config/ldp/handler/components/operation-handler.json",
+    "files-scs:config/ldp/handler/components/operation-metadata.json",
     "files-scs:config/ldp/handler/components/request-parser.json",
     "files-scs:config/ldp/handler/components/response-writer.json"
   ],
@@ -14,10 +16,12 @@
       "args_requestParser": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:RequestParser" },
       "args_credentialsExtractor": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:CredentialsExtractor" },
       "args_modesExtractor": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ModesExtractor" },
+      "args_permissionReader": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:PermissionReader" },
       "args_authorizer": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:Authorizer" },
       "args_operationHandler": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:OperationHandler" },
       "args_errorHandler": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ErrorHandler" },
-      "args_responseWriter": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResponseWriter" }
+      "args_responseWriter": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:ResponseWriter" },
+      "args_operationMetadataCollector": { "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:OperationMetadataCollector" }
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/authorization/Authorization.ts b/src/authorization/Authorization.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f0d93a772..000000000
--- a/src/authorization/Authorization.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import type { RepresentationMetadata } from '../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
-
-/**
- * The output of an Authorizer
- */
-export interface Authorization {
-  /**
-   * Add metadata relevant for this Authorization.
-   * @param metadata - Metadata to update.
-   */
-  addMetadata: (metadata: RepresentationMetadata) => void;
-}
diff --git a/src/authorization/Authorizer.ts b/src/authorization/Authorizer.ts
index e38a0bfb4..d47389795 100644
--- a/src/authorization/Authorizer.ts
+++ b/src/authorization/Authorizer.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import type { CredentialSet } from '../authentication/Credentials';
-import type { AccessMode } from '../ldp/permissions/Permissions';
+import type { AccessMode, PermissionSet } from '../ldp/permissions/Permissions';
 import type { ResourceIdentifier } from '../ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import { AsyncHandler } from '../util/handlers/AsyncHandler';
-import type { Authorization } from './Authorization';
 
 export interface AuthorizerInput {
   /**
@@ -17,10 +16,14 @@ export interface AuthorizerInput {
    * Modes that are requested on the resource.
    */
   modes: Set<AccessMode>;
+  /**
+   * Permissions that are available for the request.
+   */
+  permissionSet: PermissionSet;
 }
 
 /**
  * Verifies if the credentials provide access with the given permissions on the resource.
  * An {@link Error} with the necessary explanation will be thrown when permissions are not granted.
  */
-export abstract class Authorizer extends AsyncHandler<AuthorizerInput, Authorization> {}
+export abstract class Authorizer extends AsyncHandler<AuthorizerInput> {}
diff --git a/src/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.ts b/src/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.ts
index 819067202..e1adfd832 100644
--- a/src/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.ts
+++ b/src/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 import type { CredentialSet } from '../authentication/Credentials';
 import type { AccessMode, PermissionSet } from '../ldp/permissions/Permissions';
-
 import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
 import { ForbiddenHttpError } from '../util/errors/ForbiddenHttpError';
 import { UnauthorizedHttpError } from '../util/errors/UnauthorizedHttpError';
-import type { Authorization } from './Authorization';
 import type { AuthorizerInput } from './Authorizer';
 import { Authorizer } from './Authorizer';
-import type { PermissionReader } from './PermissionReader';
-import { WebAclAuthorization } from './WebAclAuthorization';
 
 /**
  * Authorizer that bases its decision on the output it gets from its PermissionReader.
@@ -19,32 +15,16 @@ import { WebAclAuthorization } from './WebAclAuthorization';
 export class PermissionBasedAuthorizer extends Authorizer {
   protected readonly logger = getLoggerFor(this);
 
-  private readonly reader: PermissionReader;
-
-  public constructor(reader: PermissionReader) {
-    super();
-    this.reader = reader;
-  }
-
-  public async canHandle(input: AuthorizerInput): Promise<void> {
-    return this.reader.canHandle(input);
-  }
-
-  public async handle(input: AuthorizerInput): Promise<Authorization> {
-    const { credentials, modes, identifier } = input;
-
-    // Read out the permissions
-    const permissions = await this.reader.handle(input);
-    const authorization = new WebAclAuthorization(permissions.agent ?? {}, permissions.public ?? {});
+  public async handle(input: AuthorizerInput): Promise<void> {
+    const { credentials, modes, identifier, permissionSet } = input;
 
     const modeString = [ ...modes ].join(',');
     this.logger.debug(`Checking if ${credentials.agent?.webId} has ${modeString} permissions for ${identifier.path}`);
 
     for (const mode of modes) {
-      this.requireModePermission(credentials, permissions, mode);
+      this.requireModePermission(credentials, permissionSet, mode);
     }
     this.logger.debug(`${JSON.stringify(credentials)} has ${modeString} permissions for ${identifier.path}`);
-    return authorization;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/authorization/WebAclAuthorization.ts b/src/authorization/WebAclAuthorization.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 29eeceb36..000000000
--- a/src/authorization/WebAclAuthorization.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import type { Permission } from '../ldp/permissions/Permissions';
-import type { RepresentationMetadata } from '../ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
-import { ACL, AUTH } from '../util/Vocabularies';
-import type { Authorization } from './Authorization';
-
-/**
- * Indicates which permissions are available on the requested resource.
- */
-export class WebAclAuthorization implements Authorization {
-  /**
-   * Permissions granted to the agent requesting the resource.
-   */
-  public user: Permission;
-  /**
-   * Permissions granted to the public.
-   */
-  public everyone: Permission;
-
-  public constructor(user: Permission, everyone: Permission) {
-    this.user = user;
-    this.everyone = everyone;
-  }
-
-  public addMetadata(metadata: RepresentationMetadata): void {
-    const modes = new Set([ ...Object.keys(this.user), ...Object.keys(this.everyone) ] as (keyof Permission)[]);
-    for (const mode of modes) {
-      const capitalizedMode = mode.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + mode.slice(1) as 'Read' | 'Write' | 'Append' | 'Control';
-      if (this.user[mode]) {
-        metadata.add(AUTH.terms.userMode, ACL.terms[capitalizedMode]);
-      }
-      if (this.everyone[mode]) {
-        metadata.add(AUTH.terms.publicMode, ACL.terms[capitalizedMode]);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 9b2c9b17e..d425f2722 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -8,24 +8,22 @@ export * from './authentication/UnionCredentialsExtractor';
 export * from './authentication/UnsecureConstantCredentialsExtractor';
 export * from './authentication/UnsecureWebIdExtractor';
 
+// Authorization/Access-Checkers
+export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AccessChecker';
+export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AgentAccessChecker';
+export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AgentClassAccessChecker';
+export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AgentGroupAccessChecker';
+
 // Authorization
 export * from './authorization/AllStaticReader';
-export * from './authorization/Authorization';
 export * from './authorization/Authorizer';
 export * from './authorization/AuxiliaryReader';
 export * from './authorization/PathBasedReader';
 export * from './authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer';
 export * from './authorization/PermissionReader';
 export * from './authorization/UnionPermissionReader';
-export * from './authorization/WebAclAuthorization';
 export * from './authorization/WebAclReader';
 
-// Authorization/access-checkers
-export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AccessChecker';
-export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AgentAccessChecker';
-export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AgentClassAccessChecker';
-export * from './authorization/access-checkers/AgentGroupAccessChecker';
-
 // Identity/Configuration
 export * from './identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory';
 export * from './identity/configuration/ProviderFactory';
@@ -141,6 +139,10 @@ export * from './ldp/http/SparqlUpdateBodyParser';
 export * from './ldp/http/SparqlUpdatePatch';
 export * from './ldp/http/TargetExtractor';
 
+// LDP/Operations/Metadata
+export * from './ldp/operations/metadata/OperationMetadataCollector';
+export * from './ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector';
+
 // LDP/Operations
 export * from './ldp/operations/DeleteOperationHandler';
 export * from './ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler';
diff --git a/src/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.ts b/src/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.ts
index dc39c509f..abd6ff8e3 100644
--- a/src/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { CredentialSet } from '../authentication/Credentials';
 import type { CredentialsExtractor } from '../authentication/CredentialsExtractor';
 import type { Authorizer } from '../authorization/Authorizer';
+import type { PermissionReader } from '../authorization/PermissionReader';
 import { BaseHttpHandler } from '../server/BaseHttpHandler';
 import type { BaseHttpHandlerArgs } from '../server/BaseHttpHandler';
 import type { HttpHandlerInput } from '../server/HttpHandler';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import type { ErrorHandler } from './http/ErrorHandler';
 import type { RequestParser } from './http/RequestParser';
 import type { ResponseDescription } from './http/response/ResponseDescription';
 import type { ResponseWriter } from './http/ResponseWriter';
+import type { OperationMetadataCollector } from './operations/metadata/OperationMetadataCollector';
 import type { Operation } from './operations/Operation';
 import type { OperationHandler } from './operations/OperationHandler';
 import type { ModesExtractor } from './permissions/ModesExtractor';
@@ -26,6 +28,10 @@ export interface AuthenticatedLdpHandlerArgs extends BaseHttpHandlerArgs {
    * Extracts the required modes from the generated Operation.
    */
   modesExtractor: ModesExtractor;
+  /**
+   * Reads the permissions available for the Operation.
+   */
+  permissionReader: PermissionReader;
   /**
    * Verifies if the requested operation is allowed.
    */
@@ -34,6 +40,10 @@ export interface AuthenticatedLdpHandlerArgs extends BaseHttpHandlerArgs {
    * Executed the operation.
    */
   operationHandler: OperationHandler;
+  /**
+   * Generates generic operation metadata that is required for a response.
+   */
+  operationMetadataCollector: OperationMetadataCollector;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -42,8 +52,10 @@ export interface AuthenticatedLdpHandlerArgs extends BaseHttpHandlerArgs {
 export class AuthenticatedLdpHandler extends BaseHttpHandler {
   private readonly credentialsExtractor: CredentialsExtractor;
   private readonly modesExtractor: ModesExtractor;
+  private readonly permissionReader: PermissionReader;
   private readonly authorizer: Authorizer;
   private readonly operationHandler: OperationHandler;
+  private readonly operationMetadataCollector: OperationMetadataCollector;
 
   /**
    * Creates the handler.
@@ -53,8 +65,10 @@ export class AuthenticatedLdpHandler extends BaseHttpHandler {
     super(args);
     this.credentialsExtractor = args.credentialsExtractor;
     this.modesExtractor = args.modesExtractor;
+    this.permissionReader = args.permissionReader;
     this.authorizer = args.authorizer;
     this.operationHandler = args.operationHandler;
+    this.operationMetadataCollector = args.operationMetadataCollector;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -83,16 +97,24 @@ export class AuthenticatedLdpHandler extends BaseHttpHandler {
     const modes = await this.modesExtractor.handleSafe(operation);
     this.logger.verbose(`Required modes are read: ${[ ...modes ].join(',')}`);
 
+    const permissionSet = await this.permissionReader.handleSafe({ credentials, identifier: operation.target });
+    this.logger.verbose(`Available permissions are ${JSON.stringify(permissionSet)}`);
+
     try {
-      const authorization = await this.authorizer
-        .handleSafe({ credentials, identifier: operation.target, modes });
-      operation.authorization = authorization;
+      await this.authorizer.handleSafe({ credentials, identifier: operation.target, modes, permissionSet });
+      operation.permissionSet = permissionSet;
     } catch (error: unknown) {
       this.logger.verbose(`Authorization failed: ${(error as any).message}`);
       throw error;
     }
 
     this.logger.verbose(`Authorization succeeded, performing operation`);
-    return this.operationHandler.handleSafe(operation);
+    const response = await this.operationHandler.handleSafe(operation);
+
+    if (response.metadata) {
+      await this.operationMetadataCollector.handleSafe({ operation, metadata: response.metadata });
+    }
+
+    return response;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.ts b/src/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.ts
index e2c1dfc7f..8c9f5642d 100644
--- a/src/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ export class GetOperationHandler extends OperationHandler {
   public async handle(input: Operation): Promise<ResponseDescription> {
     const body = await this.store.getRepresentation(input.target, input.preferences, input.conditions);
 
-    input.authorization?.addMetadata(body.metadata);
-
     return new OkResponseDescription(body.metadata, body.data);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.ts b/src/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.ts
index 3133fb2d9..3933f3b84 100644
--- a/src/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export class HeadOperationHandler extends OperationHandler {
     // Close the Readable as we will not return it.
     body.data.destroy();
 
-    input.authorization?.addMetadata(body.metadata);
-
     return new OkResponseDescription(body.metadata);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/ldp/operations/Operation.ts b/src/ldp/operations/Operation.ts
index d03091b51..613a91372 100644
--- a/src/ldp/operations/Operation.ts
+++ b/src/ldp/operations/Operation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { Authorization } from '../../authorization/Authorization';
 import type { Conditions } from '../../storage/Conditions';
+import type { PermissionSet } from '../permissions/Permissions';
 import type { Representation } from '../representation/Representation';
 import type { RepresentationPreferences } from '../representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import type { ResourceIdentifier } from '../representation/ResourceIdentifier';
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ export interface Operation {
    */
   conditions?: Conditions;
   /**
-   * This value will be set if the Operation was authorized by an Authorizer.
+   * The permissions available for the current operation.
    */
-  authorization?: Authorization;
+  permissionSet?: PermissionSet;
   /**
    * Optional representation of the body.
    */
diff --git a/src/ldp/operations/metadata/OperationMetadataCollector.ts b/src/ldp/operations/metadata/OperationMetadataCollector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc9efd0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ldp/operations/metadata/OperationMetadataCollector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { AsyncHandler } from '../../../util/handlers/AsyncHandler';
+import type { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../representation/RepresentationMetadata';
+import type { Operation } from '../Operation';
+
+export interface OperationMetadataCollectorInput {
+  /**
+   * Metadata to update with permission knowledge.
+   */
+  metadata: RepresentationMetadata;
+  /**
+   * Operation corresponding to the request.
+   */
+  operation: Operation;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds metadata about the operation to the provided metadata object.
+ */
+export abstract class OperationMetadataCollector extends AsyncHandler<OperationMetadataCollectorInput> {}
diff --git a/src/ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector.ts b/src/ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebb469ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { ACL, AUTH } from '../../../util/Vocabularies';
+import type { AccessMode } from '../../permissions/Permissions';
+
+import type { OperationMetadataCollectorInput } from './OperationMetadataCollector';
+import { OperationMetadataCollector } from './OperationMetadataCollector';
+
+const VALID_METHODS = new Set([ 'HEAD', 'GET' ]);
+
+/**
+ * Indicates which acl permissions are available on the requested resource.
+ * Only adds public and agent permissions for HEAD/GET requests.
+ */
+export class WebAclMetadataCollector extends OperationMetadataCollector {
+  public async handle({ metadata, operation }: OperationMetadataCollectorInput): Promise<void> {
+    if (!operation.permissionSet || !VALID_METHODS.has(operation.method)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const user = operation.permissionSet.agent ?? {};
+    const everyone = operation.permissionSet.public ?? {};
+
+    const modes = new Set<AccessMode>([ ...Object.keys(user), ...Object.keys(everyone) ] as AccessMode[]);
+
+    for (const mode of modes) {
+      const capitalizedMode = mode.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + mode.slice(1) as 'Read' | 'Write' | 'Append' | 'Control';
+      if (everyone[mode]) {
+        metadata.add(AUTH.terms.publicMode, ACL.terms[capitalizedMode]);
+      }
+      if (user[mode]) {
+        metadata.add(AUTH.terms.userMode, ACL.terms[capitalizedMode]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.test.ts b/test/unit/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.test.ts
index 9381daaf6..66671e0ce 100644
--- a/test/unit/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer.test.ts
@@ -1,71 +1,56 @@
 import { CredentialGroup } from '../../../src/authentication/Credentials';
 import type { AuthorizerInput } from '../../../src/authorization/Authorizer';
 import { PermissionBasedAuthorizer } from '../../../src/authorization/PermissionBasedAuthorizer';
-import type { PermissionReader } from '../../../src/authorization/PermissionReader';
-import { WebAclAuthorization } from '../../../src/authorization/WebAclAuthorization';
 import { AccessMode } from '../../../src/ldp/permissions/Permissions';
 import { ForbiddenHttpError } from '../../../src/util/errors/ForbiddenHttpError';
 import { UnauthorizedHttpError } from '../../../src/util/errors/UnauthorizedHttpError';
 
 describe('A PermissionBasedAuthorizer', (): void => {
   let input: AuthorizerInput;
-  let authorization: WebAclAuthorization;
-  let reader: jest.Mocked<PermissionReader>;
   let authorizer: PermissionBasedAuthorizer;
 
   beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
     input = {
       identifier: { path: 'http://test.com/foo' },
       modes: new Set<AccessMode>(),
+      permissionSet: {},
       credentials: {},
     };
 
-    authorization = new WebAclAuthorization({}, {});
-
-    reader = {
-      canHandle: jest.fn(),
-      handle: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
-    } as any;
-
-    authorizer = new PermissionBasedAuthorizer(reader);
+    authorizer = new PermissionBasedAuthorizer();
   });
 
-  it('can handle any input supported by its reader.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+  it('can handle any input.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     await expect(authorizer.canHandle(input)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-
-    reader.canHandle.mockRejectedValue(new Error('bad request'));
-    await expect(authorizer.canHandle(input)).rejects.toThrow('bad request');
   });
 
   it('allows access if the permissions are matched by the reader output.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     input.modes = new Set([ AccessMode.read, AccessMode.write ]);
-    reader.handle.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+    input.permissionSet = {
       [CredentialGroup.public]: { read: true, write: false },
       [CredentialGroup.agent]: { write: true },
-    });
-    Object.assign(authorization.everyone, { read: true, write: false });
-    Object.assign(authorization.user, { write: true });
-    await expect(authorizer.handle(input)).resolves.toEqual(authorization);
+    };
+    await expect(authorizer.handle(input)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it('throws an UnauthorizedHttpError when an unauthenticated request has no access.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     input.modes = new Set([ AccessMode.read, AccessMode.write ]);
-    reader.handle.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+    input.permissionSet = {
       [CredentialGroup.public]: { read: true, write: false },
-    });
+    };
     await expect(authorizer.handle(input)).rejects.toThrow(UnauthorizedHttpError);
   });
 
   it('throws a ForbiddenHttpError when an authenticated request has no access.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     input.credentials = { agent: { webId: 'http://test.com/#me' }};
     input.modes = new Set([ AccessMode.read, AccessMode.write ]);
-    reader.handle.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+    input.permissionSet = {
       [CredentialGroup.public]: { read: true, write: false },
-    });
+    };
     await expect(authorizer.handle(input)).rejects.toThrow(ForbiddenHttpError);
   });
 
   it('defaults to empty permissions for the Authorization.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    await expect(authorizer.handle(input)).resolves.toEqual(authorization);
+    await expect(authorizer.handle(input)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/authorization/WebAclAuthorization.test.ts b/test/unit/authorization/WebAclAuthorization.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 68eaf6058..000000000
--- a/test/unit/authorization/WebAclAuthorization.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { WebAclAuthorization } from '../../../src/authorization/WebAclAuthorization';
-import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
-import { ACL, AUTH } from '../../../src/util/Vocabularies';
-import 'jest-rdf';
-
-describe('A WebAclAuthorization', (): void => {
-  let authorization: WebAclAuthorization;
-  let metadata: RepresentationMetadata;
-
-  beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
-    authorization = new WebAclAuthorization(
-      {
-        read: false,
-        append: false,
-        write: false,
-        control: false,
-      },
-      {
-        read: false,
-        append: false,
-        write: false,
-        control: false,
-      },
-    );
-
-    metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
-  });
-
-  it('adds no metadata if there are no permissions.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    expect(authorization.addMetadata(metadata)).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(metadata.quads()).toHaveLength(0);
-  });
-
-  it('adds corresponding acl metadata for all permissions present.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    authorization.user.read = true;
-    authorization.user.write = true;
-    authorization.everyone.read = true;
-    expect(authorization.addMetadata(metadata)).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(metadata.quads()).toHaveLength(3);
-    expect(metadata.getAll(AUTH.terms.userMode)).toEqualRdfTermArray([ ACL.terms.Read, ACL.terms.Write ]);
-    expect(metadata.get(AUTH.terms.publicMode)).toEqualRdfTerm(ACL.terms.Read);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts
index c4f57c5ec..d1488f3ec 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+import { CredentialGroup } from '../../../src/authentication/Credentials';
 import type { CredentialSet } from '../../../src/authentication/Credentials';
-import type { Authorization } from '../../../src/authorization/Authorization';
 import type { AuthenticatedLdpHandlerArgs } from '../../../src/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler';
 import { AuthenticatedLdpHandler } from '../../../src/ldp/AuthenticatedLdpHandler';
+import { OkResponseDescription } from '../../../src/ldp/http/response/OkResponseDescription';
 import { ResetResponseDescription } from '../../../src/ldp/http/response/ResetResponseDescription';
 import type { ResponseDescription } from '../../../src/ldp/http/response/ResponseDescription';
 import type { Operation } from '../../../src/ldp/operations/Operation';
+import type { PermissionSet } from '../../../src/ldp/permissions/Permissions';
 import { AccessMode } from '../../../src/ldp/permissions/Permissions';
+import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import type { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import * as LogUtil from '../../../src/logging/LogUtil';
 import type { HttpRequest } from '../../../src/server/HttpRequest';
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ describe('An AuthenticatedLdpHandler', (): void => {
   let operation: Operation;
   const credentials: CredentialSet = {};
   const modes: Set<AccessMode> = new Set([ AccessMode.read ]);
-  const authorization: Authorization = { addMetadata: jest.fn() };
+  const permissionSet: PermissionSet = { [CredentialGroup.agent]: { read: true }};
   const result: ResponseDescription = new ResetResponseDescription();
   const errorResult: ResponseDescription = { statusCode: 500 };
   let args: AuthenticatedLdpHandlerArgs;
@@ -33,8 +36,10 @@ describe('An AuthenticatedLdpHandler', (): void => {
       } as any,
       credentialsExtractor: { handleSafe: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(credentials) } as any,
       modesExtractor: { handleSafe: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(modes) } as any,
-      authorizer: { handleSafe: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(authorization) } as any,
+      permissionReader: { handleSafe: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(permissionSet) } as any,
+      authorizer: { handleSafe: jest.fn() } as any,
       operationHandler: { handleSafe: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(result) } as any,
+      operationMetadataCollector: { handleSafe: jest.fn() } as any,
       errorHandler: { handleSafe: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(errorResult) } as any,
       responseWriter: { handleSafe: jest.fn() } as any,
     };
@@ -65,17 +70,28 @@ describe('An AuthenticatedLdpHandler', (): void => {
     expect(args.credentialsExtractor.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(request);
     expect(args.modesExtractor.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(args.modesExtractor.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(operation);
+    expect(args.permissionReader.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(args.permissionReader.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ credentials, identifier: operation.target });
     expect(args.authorizer.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(args.authorizer.handleSafe)
-      .toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ credentials, identifier: { path: 'identifier' }, modes });
-    expect(operation.authorization).toBe(authorization);
+      .toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ credentials, identifier: { path: 'identifier' }, modes, permissionSet });
     expect(args.operationHandler.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(args.operationHandler.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(operation);
+    expect(args.operationMetadataCollector.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
     expect(args.errorHandler.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
     expect(args.responseWriter.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(args.responseWriter.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ response, result });
   });
 
+  it('calls the operation metadata collector if there is response metadata.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
+    const okResult = new OkResponseDescription(metadata);
+    (args.operationHandler.handleSafe as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(okResult);
+    await expect(handler.handle({ request, response })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(args.operationMetadataCollector.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(args.operationMetadataCollector.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ operation, metadata });
+  });
+
   it('sets preferences to text/plain in case of an error during request parsing.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     const error = new Error('bad request!');
     (args.requestParser.handleSafe as jest.Mock).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('bad request!'));
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.test.ts
index 8fe20a9bc..bb74da84b 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import type { Authorization } from '../../../../src/authorization/Authorization';
 import { GetOperationHandler } from '../../../../src/ldp/operations/GetOperationHandler';
 import type { Operation } from '../../../../src/ldp/operations/Operation';
 import type { Representation } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Representation';
@@ -34,16 +33,4 @@ describe('A GetOperationHandler', (): void => {
     expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ path: 'url' }, preferences, conditions);
   });
-
-  it('adds authorization metadata in case the operation is an AuthorizedOperation.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const authorization: Authorization = { addMetadata: jest.fn() };
-    const result = await handler.handle(
-      { target: { path: 'url' }, preferences, conditions, authorization } as Operation,
-    );
-    expect(result.statusCode).toBe(200);
-    expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ path: 'url' }, preferences, conditions);
-    expect(authorization.addMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(authorization.addMetadata).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('metadata');
-  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.test.ts
index 63d4b9f8d..c8bcf8198 100644
--- a/test/unit/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import type { Readable } from 'stream';
-import type { Authorization } from '../../../../src/authorization/Authorization';
 import { HeadOperationHandler } from '../../../../src/ldp/operations/HeadOperationHandler';
 import type { Operation } from '../../../../src/ldp/operations/Operation';
 import type { Representation } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Representation';
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ describe('A HeadOperationHandler', (): void => {
       getRepresentation: jest.fn(async(): Promise<Representation> =>
         ({ binary: false, data, metadata: 'metadata' } as any)),
     } as any;
+
     handler = new HeadOperationHandler(store);
   });
 
@@ -38,16 +38,4 @@ describe('A HeadOperationHandler', (): void => {
     expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ path: 'url' }, preferences, conditions);
   });
-
-  it('adds authorization metadata in case the operation is an AuthorizedOperation.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const authorization: Authorization = { addMetadata: jest.fn() };
-    const result = await handler.handle(
-      { target: { path: 'url' }, preferences, conditions, authorization } as Operation,
-    );
-    expect(result.statusCode).toBe(200);
-    expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(store.getRepresentation).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ path: 'url' }, preferences, conditions);
-    expect(authorization.addMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(authorization.addMetadata).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('metadata');
-  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector.test.ts b/test/unit/ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87bc1a2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import 'jest-rdf';
+import { CredentialGroup } from '../../../../../src/authentication/Credentials';
+import { WebAclMetadataCollector } from '../../../../../src/ldp/operations/metadata/WebAclMetadataCollector';
+import type { Operation } from '../../../../../src/ldp/operations/Operation';
+import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
+import { ACL, AUTH } from '../../../../../src/util/Vocabularies';
+
+describe('A WebAclMetadataCollector', (): void => {
+  let operation: Operation;
+  let metadata: RepresentationMetadata;
+  const writer = new WebAclMetadataCollector();
+
+  beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
+    operation = {
+      method: 'GET',
+      target: { path: 'http://test.com/foo' },
+      preferences: {},
+    };
+
+    metadata = new RepresentationMetadata();
+  });
+
+  it('adds no metadata if there are no permissions.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    await expect(writer.handle({ metadata, operation })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(metadata.quads()).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    operation.permissionSet = {};
+    await expect(writer.handle({ metadata, operation })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(metadata.quads()).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('adds no metadata if the method is wrong.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    operation.permissionSet = { [CredentialGroup.public]: { read: true, write: false }};
+    operation.method = 'DELETE';
+    await expect(writer.handle({ metadata, operation })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(metadata.quads()).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('adds corresponding metadata for all permissions present.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    operation.permissionSet = {
+      [CredentialGroup.agent]: { read: true, write: true, control: false },
+      [CredentialGroup.public]: { read: true, write: false },
+    };
+    await expect(writer.handle({ metadata, operation })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(metadata.quads()).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(metadata.getAll(AUTH.terms.userMode)).toEqualRdfTermArray([ ACL.terms.Read, ACL.terms.Write ]);
+    expect(metadata.get(AUTH.terms.publicMode)).toEqualRdfTerm(ACL.terms.Read);
+  });
+});