The Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2010

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 937

Freedom Of Information

The Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2010

Made

22nd March 2010

Laid before Parliament

25th March 2010

Coming into force

For the purposes of Part 2 of the Schedule

31 December 2011

For all other purposes

1 October 2010

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1) and 4(6) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000(1).

The Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 4(7) of that Act(2).

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2010.

(2) Except for the purposes of Part 2 of the Schedule, this Order comes into force on 1 October 2010.

(3) For the purposes of Part 2 of the Schedule, this Order comes into force on 31 December 2011.

(4) In this Order, “the Act” means the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Additional public authorities

2.  In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act (local government) after paragraph 35B insert—

“35C.   An urban development corporation established under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.”

3.  In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act (other public bodies and offices: general) insert, at the appropriate place in each case, the entries listed in the Schedule to this Order.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Michael Wills

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

22nd March 2010

Article 3

SCHEDULE Entries Inserted in Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act

PART 1 Entries Inserted with Effect from 1 October 2010

• The Commission on Human Medicines.

• The Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales.

• The Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee.

• The Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact.

• The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales.

• The National Consumer Council.

• The National Non-Food Crops Centre.

• The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency.

• The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.

• The Railway Heritage Committee.

• The Regulator of Community Interest Companies.

• The Science Advisory Council.

PART 2 Entries Inserted with Effect from 31 December 2011

• The Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England.

• The Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) apply to public authorities. Section 3(1) provides that a “public authority” includes a body or office which is listed in Schedule 1. That list may be added to by an order under section 4(1), provided that the conditions in section 4(2) and (3) are satisfied. By section 4(6), an order under section 4(1) may relate to a specified person or office or to persons or offices falling within a specified description.

Article 2 of this Order adds urban development corporations to Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act (local government).

Article 3 adds references to the bodies and offices listed in the Schedule to this Order to Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act (other public bodies and offices: general).

The bodies and offices added to Schedule 1 to the Act by this Order are public bodies. An Impact Assessment has not been carried out because there are no regulatory implications for business or the voluntary sector. A public sector Impact Assessment has not been carried out because the change covered by the instrument does not impose new costs of more than £5 million per annum on any of the public bodies covered by the instrument.

(1)

2000 c.36; section 4(1) was amended by S.I. 2001/3500, Schedule 2, paragraph 8(1)(a), and S.I. 2003/1887, Schedule 2, paragraph 12(1)(a).

(2)

Section 4(7) was amended by S.I. 2001/3500, Schedule 2, paragraph 8(1)(a), S.I. 2003/1887, Schedule 2, paragraph 12(1)(a), and S.I. 2007/1388, Schedule 1, paragraph 78(4).