Freedom of Information Act 2000 (United Kingdom)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
English law |
| gptkbp:administeredBy |
gptkb:Information_Commissioner's_Office
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| gptkbp:appealBody |
gptkb:Information_Tribunal
High Court of Justice |
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:England
gptkb:Northern_Ireland gptkb:Wales schools universities police government departments local authorities public authorities non-departmental public bodies NHS bodies publicly owned companies |
| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_2000
Freedom of information legislation 2000 in law |
| gptkbp:citation |
2000 c.36
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
2000
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:excludes |
Scotland (covered by Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002)
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| gptkbp:exemptionType |
absolute exemption
qualified exemption |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (United Kingdom)
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| gptkbp:longTitle |
An Act to make provision for the disclosure of information held by public authorities or by persons providing services for them and to amend the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Public Records Act 1958; and for connected purposes.
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| gptkbp:notableCase |
BBC v Sugar (2012)
Evans v Attorney General (2015) Department of Health v Information Commissioner (2011) |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to provide public access to information held by public authorities
|
| gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent |
30 November 2000
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| gptkbp:relatedLegislation |
gptkb:Data_Protection_Act_1998
gptkb:Environmental_Information_Regulations_2004 |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
false
|
| gptkbp:rights |
right to be informed whether information is held
right to receive information right to request information |
| gptkbp:section |
Section 1: General right of access to information held by public authorities
Section 2: Effect of the exemptions in Part II Section 40: Personal information Section 43: Commercial interests Section 77: Offence of altering etc. records with intent to prevent disclosure |
| gptkbp:shortName |
gptkb:FOIA_2000
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| gptkbp:startDate |
30 November 2000
1 January 2005 |
| gptkbp:website |
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:FOIA
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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