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2015 No. 587 (C. 30)

Data Protection

Freedom Of Information

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No.11) Order 2015

Made

4th March 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 120(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012( 1 ), makes the following Order:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No.11) Order 2015.

Commencement

2. The following provisions of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 come into force on 16th March 2015—

(a) section 105 (appointment and tenure of the Information Commissioner);

(b) section 115(2) in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 10 to that Act specified in paragraph (c) below; and

(c) Part 8 of Schedule 10 (repeals and revocations) in so far as it repeals paragraph 2(4) and (5) of Schedule 5 to the Data Protection Act 1998( 2 ) and section 18(5) to (7) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000( 3 ).

Simon Hughes

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

4th March 2015

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The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No.11) Order 2015 (2015/587)

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