2022 No. 682
Freedom Of Information

The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2022

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(5) of the Freedom of Information Act 20001.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2022.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 1st September 2022.

(3)

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

Removal of references to public authorities2.

In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act (other public bodies and offices: general) omit the entries listed in the Schedule to this Order.

True
Minister of State
Cabinet Office

SCHEDULEEntries omitted from Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act

Article 2

  • The Care Council for Wales.

  • The General Teaching Council for Wales.

  • The Judicial Studies Board.

  • The National DNA Database Ethics Group.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

The obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) (“the Act”) apply to public authorities. Section 3(1) provides that a “public authority” includes a body or holder of any office which is listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. Where such a body or office either ceases to exist or ceases to satisfy either of the conditions in section 4(2) and (3), an order may be made under section 4(5) omitting an entry relating to it from Schedule 1.

Article 2 of this Order removes references to the bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order from Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.