Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2011.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1st October 2011.

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

Additional public authorities

2.—(1) 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 Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) In Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act (other public bodies and offices: Northern Ireland) insert, at the appropriate place in each case, the entries listed in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order.

Article 2

SCHEDULE

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

• An assessor appointed for the purposes of section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in its application to England and Wales.

• Equality 2025.

• Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons.

• Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation for England and Wales.

• The adjudicators appointed under section 25 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

• The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards.

• The Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency.

• The Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses.

• The Independent Safeguarding Authority.

• The Migration Advisory Committee.

• The National DNA Database Ethics Group.

• The National Employment Savings Trust Corporation.

• The NHS Pay Review Body.

• The Olympic Park Legacy Company.

• The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales.

• The Science and Technology Facilities Council.

• The Technology Strategy Board.

• The Tribunal Procedure Committee.

PART 2Entries Inserted in Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act

• The Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

• The Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation.

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

Article 2(2) adds references to the bodies and offices listed in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order to Part 7 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. 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.