2009 No. 1369
The Freedom of Information (Time for Compliance with Request) Regulations 2009
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 10(4) of the Freedom of Information Act 20001.
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 82(2)(b) of that Act.
Citation and commencement1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Time for Compliance with Request) Regulations 2009.
2
These Regulations come into force on 26th June 2009.
Managers of a controlled school, voluntary school, grant-maintained integrated school or pupil referral unit2
1
This regulation applies to a request for information that is received by the managers of—
a
a controlled school, voluntary school or grant-maintained integrated school within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 19862, or
b
a pupil referral unit as defined by Article 87(1) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 19983.
2
Where this regulation applies, subsections (1) and (2) of section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have effect as if any reference to the twentieth working day following the date of receipt were a reference to either—
a
the twentieth working day following the date of receipt, disregarding any working day which, in relation to the school or unit referred to in paragraph (1), is not a school day, or
b
the sixtieth working day following the date of receipt,
whichever occurs first.
3
“School day”, for the purposes of this regulation, means any day on which, at the school or unit referred to in paragraph (1) above, there is a session.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Justice
(This note is not part of the Regulations)