1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 19 April 2004.

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

2.  The bodies and offices listed in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be added to Part II of Schedule 1 to the Act, at the appropriate place in each case.

3.  The bodies and offices listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be added to Part VI of Schedule 1 to the Act, at the appropriate place in each case.

4.  The bodies and offices listed in Schedule 3 to this Order shall be added to Part VII of Schedule 1 to the Act, at the appropriate place in each case.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1

• A local fisheries committee for a sea fisheries district established under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966(3).

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2

• The Advisory Committee on Organic Standards.

• The Advisory Committee on Statute Law.

• The Architects Registration Board.

• The Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee.

• The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.

• The Distributed Generation Co-Ordinating Group.

• The East of England Industrial Development Board.

• The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group.

• Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Judicial Appointments.

• The Independent Review Panel for Advertising.

• The Independent Review Panel for Borderline Products.

• The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner.

• The London and South East Industrial Development Board.

• The North East Industrial Development Board.

• The North West Industrial Development Board.

• The Pesticides Forum.

• The Police Advisory Board for England and Wales.

• The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board.

• The Prison Service Pay Review Body.

• The Public Private Partnership Agreement Arbiter.

• The Renewables Advisory Board.

• The Royal Hospital at Chelsea.

• The South West Industrial Development Board.

• The Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board.

• The West Midlands Industrial Development Board.

• The Yorkshire and the Humber and the East Midlands Industrial Development Board.

Article 4

SCHEDULE 3

• A central advisory committee established under paragraph 24 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(4).

• An advisory committee established under paragraph 25 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

• Obstetrics Committee.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 apply to public authorities. For the purposes of the Act, a “public authority” means a body or office which is listed in Schedule 1 to the Act or designated by an order under section 5, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6. The list in Schedule 1 to the Act may be added to by an order under section 4(1), provided that the conditions prescribed by section 4(2) and (3) are satisfied.

Article 2 of this Order adds references to the bodies and offices listed in Schedule 1 to this Order to Part II of Schedule 1 to the Act (Local Government).

Article 3 of this Order adds references to the bodies and offices listed in Schedule 2 to this Order to Part VI of Schedule 1 to the Act (Other Public Bodies and Offices: General).

Article 4 of this Order adds references to the bodies and offices listed in Schedule 3 to this Order to Part VII of Schedule 1 to the Act (Other Public Bodies and Offices: Northern Ireland).

The bodies and offices added to Schedule 1 to the Act by this Order are public bodies. There are no regulatory implications for businesses arising from this Order, therefore a Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared.