{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/36",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "No action against public authority.",
  "text": "(1) This Act does not confer any right of action in civil proceedings in respect of any failure to comply with any duty imposed by or under this Act.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the powers of the Commission under section 54.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 56(2) substituted (30.9.2026) by S.I. 2026/386, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(17); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 56 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2009) by The INSPIRE Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3157), reg. 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 56 applied (with modifications) (18.7.2015) by The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1415), regs. 1, 19 (with regs. 5, 11(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 56 applied (with modifications) (18.7.2015) by The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1415), regs. 1, 18 (with regs. 5, 11(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 56 excluded (18.7.2015) by The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1415), regs. 1, 22(7) (with regs. 5, 11(4))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:36.241606+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."
}