http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/7Freedom of Information Act 2000An Act to make provision for the disclosure of information held by public authorities or by persons providing services for them and to amend the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Public Records Act 1958; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-18Expert Participation2024-10-14Part I Access to information held by public authorities Right to information Public authorities to which Act has limited application.71Where a public authority is listed in Schedule 1 only in relation to information of a specified description, nothing in Parts I to V of this Act applies to any other information held by the authority.2An order under section 4(1) may, in adding an entry to Schedule 1, list the public authority only in relation to information of a specified description.3The Secretary of Stateor the Minister for the Cabinet Office may by order amend Schedule 1—aby limiting to information of a specified description the entry relating to any public authority, orbby removing or amending any limitation to information of a specified description which is for the time being contained in any entry.4Before making an order under subsection (3), the Secretary of Stateor the Minister for the Cabinet Office shall—aif the order relates to the National Assembly for Wales or a Welsh public authority referred to in section 83(1)(b)(ii)
(subsidiary of the Assembly Commission), consult the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales,aaif the order relates to the Welsh Assembly Government or a Welsh public authority other than one referred to in section 83(1)(b)(ii), consult the First Minister for Wales,bif the order relates to the Northern Ireland Assembly, consult the Presiding Officer of that Assembly, andcif the order relates to a Northern Ireland department or a Northern Ireland public authority, consult the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland.5An order under section 5(1)(a) must specify the functions of the public authority designated by the order with respect to which the designation is to have effect; and nothing in Parts I to V of this Act applies to information which is held by the authority but does not relate to the exercise of those functions.6An order under section 5(1)(b) must specify the services provided under contract with respect to which the designation is to have effect; and nothing in Parts I to V of this Act applies to information which is held by the public authority designated by the order but does not relate to the provision of those services.7Nothing in Parts I to V of this Act applies in relation to any information held by a publicly-owned company which is excluded information in relation to that company.8In subsection (7) “excluded information”, in relation to a publicly-owned company, means information which is of a description specified in relation to that company in an order made by the Secretary of Stateor the Minister for the Cabinet Office for the purposes of this subsection.9In this section “publicly-owned company” has the meaning given by section 6.Words in s. 7 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)(a)S. 7(4)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 7(4)(a) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 79 (the amendment coming into force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I. and see ss. 46, 161(5) of Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32))Words in s. 7(3) 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)(c) (with art. 12)Words in s. 7(4) 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)(c) (with art. 12)Words in s. 7(8) 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)(c) (with art. 12)Words in s. 7(8) 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)(c)S. 7(3) functions made exercisable concurrently (9.12.2015) by The Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1897), arts. 1(2), 3(1), (2)(c) (with art. 5)S. 7(4)(8) functions made exercisable concurrently (9.12.2015) by The Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1897), arts. 1(2), 3(1), (2)(c) (with art. 5)Words in s. 7(3) 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)(c)Words in s. 7(4) 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)(c)
