The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 1641

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2004

Made

24th June 2004

Laid before Parliament

29th June 2004

Coming into force

29th June 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 4(5) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000(1) hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 29th June 2004.

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

2.  The entries relating to the bodies and offices listed in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be removed from Part VI of Schedule 1 to the Act.

3.  The entries relating to the bodies and offices listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be removed from Part VII of Schedule 1 to the Act.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Filkin

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

24th June 2004

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1

• The Advisory Committee for Cleaner Coal Technology.

• The Hill Farming Advisory Committee.

• The Hill Farming Advisory Sub-committee for Wales.

• The Property Advisory Group.

• The Royal Military College of Science Advisory Council.

• The Skills Task Force.

• The United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards.

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2

• The Juvenile Justice Board.

• The Learning and Skills Advisory Board.(2)

• The Northern Ireland Consumer Committee for Electricity.

• The Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.

• The Training and Employment Agency.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 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 Order under section 5, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6. The list in Schedule 1 to the Act by be added to Order under section 4(1), provided that the conditions prescribed by section 4(2) and (3) are satisfied.

Where a body or office either ceases to exist, or ceases to satisfy either of the conditions in section 4(2) or (3), an order may be made under section 4(5) removing an entry relating to it from Schedule 1 to the Act.

This Order removes references to the bodies in the Schedules from Parts VI and VII of Schedule 1 to the Act. There are no regulatory implications for businesses arising from this Order, therefore a Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared.

(1)

2000 c. 36.

(2)

This body was added to Part VII of Schedule 1 to the Act by S.I. 1882/2003.