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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Access to public records


Timeline of Changes
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Point in time view as at 01/04/2010.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Cross Heading: Access to public records.

Changes to Legislation
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Access to public recordsU.K.
2(1)Section 5 of that Act (access to public records) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.U.K.
(2)Subsections (1) and (2) are omitted.
(3)For subsection (3) there is substituted—
“(3)It shall be the duty of the Keeper of Public Records to arrange that reasonable facilities are available to the public for inspecting and obtaining copies of those public records in the Public Record Office which fall to be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.”
(4)Subsection (4) and, in subsection (5), the words from “and subject to” to the end are omitted.
3U.K.Schedule 2 of that Act (enactments prohibiting disclosure of information obtained from the public) is omitted.
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