46Freedom of informationU.K.
(1)Schedule 7 (which makes amendments of the Freedom of Information Act 2000) has effect.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 (which reduces from 30 years to 20 years the period at the end of which a record becomes a historical record for the purposes of Part 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000).
(3)An order under subsection (2) may in particular—
(a)make provision about the time when any records are to become historical records for the purposes of Part 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and
(b)make different provision in relation to records of different descriptions.
(4)An order under subsection (2) is to be made by statutory instrument.
(5)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 46(2)-(5) power modified (1.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 104(2), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/1205, art. 3(x)
Commencement Information
I1S. 46(1) in force at 19.1.2011 for specified purposes by S.I. 2011/46, art. 3(a) (with art. 4)
I2S. 46(1) in force at 1.1.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2012/3001, art. 3(1)(b)
I3S. 46(2)-(5) in force at 30.11.2012 by S.I. 2012/3001, art. 2(b)