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The Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2005

Freedom of information

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2014-10-31

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

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