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The Freedom of Information (Designation as Public Authorities) Order 2011

Freedom of information

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2014-11-13

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

The obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) 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 of the Act, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6 of the Act. Additional bodies or offices may be added to Schedule 1 by an order under section 4(1) of the Act provided that the conditions in section 4(2) and (3) are satisfied.