| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2004/1641 |
| Year | 2004 |
2004 No. 1641
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2004
Made 24th June 2004
Laid before Parliament 29th June 2004
Coming into force 29th June 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 4(5) of the Freedom of Information Act 20001hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 29th June 2004.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
2. The entries relating to the bodies and offices listed in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be removed from Part VI of Schedule 1 to the Act.
3. The entries relating to the bodies and offices listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be removed from Part VII of Schedule 1 to the Act.
Filkin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Constitutional Affairs
24th June 2004
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2
SCHEDULE 1
The Advisory Committee for Cleaner Coal Technology.
The Hill Farming Advisory Committee.
The Hill Farming Advisory Sub-committee for Wales.
The Property Advisory Group.
The Royal Military College of Science Advisory Council.
The Skills Task Force.
The United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards.
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3
SCHEDULE 2
The Juvenile Justice Board.
The Learning and Skills Advisory Board.2
The Northern Ireland Consumer Committee for Electricity.
The Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.
The Training and Employment Agency.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 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 Order under section 5, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6. The list in Schedule 1 to the Act by be added to Order under section 4(1), provided that the conditions prescribed by section 4(2) and (3) are satisfied.
Where a body or office either ceases to exist, or ceases to satisfy either of the conditions in section 4(2) or (3), an order may be made under section 4(5) removing an entry relating...
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