Freedom of Information Act 2000 (UK)

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
English law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Information_Commissioner's_Office
gptkbp:awardedBy right to request information from public authorities
gptkbp:beganIn 2005-01-01
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_2000
gptkb:United_Kingdom_constitutional_law
Freedom of information legislation
gptkbp:citation 2000 c.36
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:hasSection Section 2 (Effect of the exemptions in Part II)
Section 40 (Personal information)
Section 43 (Commercial interests)
Section 1 (General right of access to information held by public authorities)
Section 21 (Information accessible to applicant by other means)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Freedom of Information Act 2000 (UK)
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:England
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Wales
Scotland (partially)
gptkbp:purpose to provide public access to information held by public authorities
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 2000-11-30
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Data_Protection_Act_1998
gptkb:Environmental_Information_Regulations_2004
gptkb:Freedom_of_Information_(Scotland)_Act_2002
gptkbp:replacedBy Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (in Scotland)
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:FOIA_2000
gptkbp:subject certain exemptions
gptkbp:website https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:FOIA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6