{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-additional-public-authorities-order-2018/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-additional-public-authorities-order-2018/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/173",
  "legislation_title": "The Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-additional-public-authorities-order-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) (“the Act”) apply to public authorities. Section 3(1) provides that a “public authority” includes a body or office which is listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. The Minister for the Cabinet Office may add bodies and office holders to Schedule 1 by an order under section 4(1), provided that the conditions in section 4(2) and (3) are satisfied. By section 4(6), an order under section 4(1) may relate to a specified person or office or to persons or offices falling within a specified description.\nArticle 2(1) of this Order adds the bodies and office holders listed in the Schedule to this Order to Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act.\nAn Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/173/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:14.472744+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."
}