Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 1369
Freedom Of Information
The Freedom of Information (Time for Compliance with Request) Regulations 2009
Made
3rd June 2009
Coming into force
26th June 2009
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 10(4) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000( 1 ).
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 82(2)(b) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Time for Compliance with Request) Regulations 2009.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 26th June 2009 .
Managers of a controlled school, voluntary school, grant-maintained integrated school or pupil referral unit
2. —(1) This regulation applies to a request for information that is received by the managers of—
(a) a controlled school, voluntary school or grant-maintained integrated school within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986( 2 ), or
(b) a pupil referral unit as defined by Article 87(1) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998( 3 ).
(2) Where this regulation applies, subsections (1) and (2) of section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have effect as if any reference to the twentieth working day following the date of receipt were a reference to either—
(a) the twentieth working day following the date of receipt, disregarding any working day which, in relation to the school or unit referred to in paragraph (1), is not a school day, or
(b) the sixtieth working day following the date of receipt,
whichever occurs first.
(3) “School day”, for the purposes of this regulation, means any day on which, at the school or unit referred to in paragraph (1) above, there is a session.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Justice
Michael Wills
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
3rd June 2009
2000 c.36 . The functions of the Lord Chancellor under section 10 were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 ( S.I. 2003/1887 ). Those functions had previously been transferred to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001 ( S.I. 2001/3500 ), which Order amended that section accordingly.
S.I. 1986/594 (N.I.3) . The definition of voluntary school in Article 2(2) was amended, and the definition of grant-maintained integrated school was inserted, by Schedule 9 to the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ( S.I. 1989/2406, N.I.20) .
S.I. 1998/1759 (N.I.13) , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.