1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Definition of Historical Records) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 1st January 2013.
(2) In this Order—
“the 2000 Act” means the Freedom of Information Act 2000(1);
“relevant record” means a record which, by virtue of the coming into force on 1st January 2013 of paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 (amendments of Freedom of Information Act 2000: meaning of historical record) to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010(2) and but for this Order, becomes a historical record for the purposes of Part 6 (historical records and records in Public Record Office or Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) of the 2000 Act at the end of the period of twenty years beginning with the year following that in which it was created.
Paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 was brought into force by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3001), Article 3(1)(b).