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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000-commencement-no-1-order-2001/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000-commencement-no-1-order-2001/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1637",
  "legislation_title": "The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000-commencement-no-1-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 shall come into force on 14th May 2001:\n(a) section 18(2), (3), (5), (6) and (7);\n(b) paragraphs 1(2), 3(2), 5, 8(1), 9(1), 11, 12, 13(3), 14(b), 15(3) and 16 of Schedule 2 (and section 18(4) so far as relating to those provisions);\n(c) paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 4 (and section 61 so far as relating to those provisions); and\n(d) paragraphs 1, 6 and 7 of Schedule 6 (and section 73 so far as relating to those provisions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Certain provisions of the Act were brought into force on Royal Assent (30th November 2000) and 30th January 2001 by sections 87(1) and (2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1637/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:49:52.823549+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}