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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-freedom-of-information-parliament-and-national-assembly-for-wales-order-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110833385",
  "legislation_title": "The Freedom of Information (Parliament and National Assembly for Wales) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-freedom-of-information-parliament-and-national-assembly-for-wales-order-2008",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) 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 an order under section 5 of the Act, or a publicly-owned company as defined by section 6 of the Act.\nSchedule 1 to the Act may be amended by an order made by the Secretary of State under section 7(3)(a) limiting an entry relating to a public authority to information of a specified description.\nThis Order limits the entries relating to three public authorities: the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the National Assembly for Wales. The effect of this Order is that:\nInformation held by the House of Commons or the House of Lords relating to—\nany residential address of a member of either House of Parliament,\nforthcoming or regular travel arrangements of a member of either House of Parliament (except as to the total amount of expenditure incurred on travel during any month),\nthe identity of any person who delivers or has delivered goods, or provides or has provided services, to a member of either House of Parliament at their residence, and\nexpenditure by a member of either House of Parliament on security arrangements,\nis not held by them for the purposes of section 3 of the Act.\nInformation held by the National Assembly for Wales relating to—\nany residential address of a member of the Assembly,\nforthcoming or regular travel arrangements of a member of the Assembly (except as to the total amount of expenditure incurred on travel during any month), and\nthe identity of any person who delivers or has delivered goods, or provides or has provided services, to a member of the Assembly at their residence, and\nexpenditure by a member of the Assembly on security arrangements,\nis not held by them for the purposes of section 3 of the Act.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110833385/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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