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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-freedom-of-information-parliament-order-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111472712",
  "legislation_title": "The Freedom of Information (Parliament) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-freedom-of-information-parliament-order-2009",
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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, and under section 7(3)(b) amending any existing limitation.\nThe Freedom of Information (Parliament and National Assembly for Wales) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1967) limited the Schedule 1 entries of the House of Commons and House of Lords. It amended the Act so that information held by either House on forthcoming or regular travel arrangements of a member of either House (except as to the total amount of expenditure incurred on travel during any month) is not held by either House for the purposes of the Act.\nThis Order further limits and amends the Schedule 1 entries of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. In particular, the effect of this Order is that information held by the House of Commons or the House of Lords relating to expenditure in respect of which—\na claim has been made to either House of Parliament by a member of either House, or\na payment has been made to or on behalf of a member of either House of Parliament by either House\nis not held by either House for the purposes of section 3 of the Act.\nInformation relating to the total amount of such expenditure (except expenditure on security arrangements) incurred during any year is not excepted and is within the scope of the Act.\nThis Order also amends Schedule 1 so that only annual, rather than monthly, expenditure information relating to certain travel arrangements of members of either House of Parliament which is held by either House of Parliament is held 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.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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