{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/section-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/36",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000",
  "path": "section/85",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Expenses.",
  "text": "There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—\n(a) any increase attributable to this Act in the expenses of the Secretary of State in respect of the Commission, the Tribunal or the members of the Tribunal,\n(b) any administrative expenses of the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office attributable to this Act,\n(c) any other expenses incurred in consequence of this Act by a Minister of the Crown or government department or by either House of Parliament, and\n(d) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums which under any other Act are payable out of money so provided.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 85 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 12(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 85(a) substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(25); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(b) inserted (9.12.2015) by The Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1897), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 2(2)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(b) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(2)(s) (with art. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/85",
    "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."
}