2.  The following provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 shall come into force on 14th May 2001:

(a) section 18(2), (3), (5), (6) and (7);

(b) paragraphs 1(2), 3(2), 5, 8(1), 9(1), 11, 12, 13(3), 14(b), 15(3) and 16 of Schedule 2 (and section 18(4) so far as relating to those provisions);

(c) paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 4 (and section 61 so far as relating to those provisions); and

(d) paragraphs 1, 6 and 7 of Schedule 6 (and section 73 so far as relating to those provisions)(1).

(1)

Certain provisions of the Act were brought into force on Royal Assent (30th November 2000) and 30th January 2001 by sections 87(1) and (2).