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amend
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to exempt from its provisions
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the House of Commons and
House of Lords and correspondence between |
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Members of Parliament and
public authorities. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Exemption
of House of Commons and House of Lords |
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(1) |
The Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In Schedule 1, Part 1 (Public
Authorities), delete paragraphs 2 and 3. |
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(3) |
After section 37 insert— |
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“37A |
Correspondence
between Members of Parliament and public |
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(1) |
Information is exempt
information if it consists of correspondence |
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between
a Member of Parliament and a public authority, as listed in
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(2) |
The duty to confirm or
deny does not arise in relation to information |
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which
is exempt information by virtue of subsection (1).” |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2007. |
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(2) |
This Act comes into force
at the end of a period of two months beginning with |
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the day on which it is
passed. |
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(3) |
This Act extends to Northern
Ireland. |
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