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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000-commencement-no-2-order-2002/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2812",
  "legislation_title": "The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000-commencement-no-2-order-2002",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement on 30th November 2002",
  "text": "The publication scheme provisions shall come into force on 30th November 2002 for the public authorities listed in—\n(a) paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act (government departments), except for the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office;\n(b) paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of Schedule 1 to the Act; and\n(c) Schedule 1 to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The public authorities listed in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to this Order are among those listed in Parts VI and VII of Schedule 1 to the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2812/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:40:23.607115+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."
}