Part 6Public records and freedom of information
46Freedom of information
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Schedule 7 (which makes amendments of the Freedom of Information Act 2000) has effect.
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The Secretary of State may by order make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 (which reduces from 30 years to 20 years the period at the end of which a record becomes a historical record for the purposes of Part 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000).
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An order under subsection (2) may in particular—
a
make provision about the time when any records are to become historical records for the purposes of Part 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and
b
make different provision in relation to records of different descriptions.
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An order under subsection (2) is to be made by statutory instrument.
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A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.