Citation and commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2010.

(2) Except for the purposes of Part 2 of the Schedule, this Order comes into force on 1 October 2010.

(3) For the purposes of Part 2 of the Schedule, this Order comes into force on 31 December 2011.

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

Removal of references to public authorities

2. In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act (other public bodies and offices: general) omit the entries listed in Part 1 and Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order.

3. In Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act (other public bodies and offices: Northern Ireland) omit the entries listed in Part 3 of the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE Entries Omitted from Schedule 1 of the Act

Article 2

PART 1 Entries Omitted from Part 6 with Effect from 1 October 2010

• The Adjudicator for the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise.

• The Advisory Committee on Advertising.

• The Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment.

• The Committee on Chemicals and Materials of Construction For Use in Public Water Supply and Swimming Pools.

• The Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy.

• The Expert Group on Cryptosporidium in Water Supplies.

• The Food Advisory Committee.

• The Know-How Fund Advisory Board.

• The Medicines Commission.

• The National Care Standards Commission.

• The Overseas Service Pensions Scheme Advisory Board.

• The Social Services Inspectorate for Wales Advisory Group.

• The Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Research.

• The Water Regulations Advisory Committee.

• The Wine Standards Board of the Vintners’ Company.

Article 2

PART 2 Entry Omitted from Part 6 with Effect from 31 December 2011

• The Building Regulations Advisory Committee.

Article 3

PART 3 Entries Omitted from Part 7 with Effect from 1 October 2010

• Enterprise Ulster.

• The Northern Ireland Pig Production Development Committee.