Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 682
Freedom Of Information
The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2022
Made
14th June 2022
Laid before Parliament
17th June 2022
Coming into force
1st September 2022
The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(5) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2022.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1st September 2022.
(3) 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 the Schedule to this Order.
True
Minister of State
Cabinet Office
14th June 2022
Article 2
SCHEDULE Entries omitted from Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act
The Care Council for Wales.
The General Teaching Council for Wales.
The Judicial Studies Board.
The National DNA Database Ethics Group.
2000 c. 36 . The function conferred on the Secretary of State by section 4(5) became concurrently exercisable by the Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015 ( S.I. 2015/1897 ). That concurrent function of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office by the Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 ( S.I. 2016/997 ). There are other amendments to this function but none is relevant.