The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1906
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2013.

(2) In this Order “ the Act ” means the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

Section 2 Provision coming into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made

Section 102 of the Act (release and publication of datasets held by public authorities) comes into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made for the purpose of inserting section 11B into the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (power to charge fees in relation to release of datasets for re-use).

Section 3 Provisions coming into force on 1st September 2013

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st September 2013—

(a) section 102, for all remaining purposes,

(b) section 103 (meaning of “publicly-owned company”),

(c) section 106 (alteration of role of Secretary of State in relation to guidance powers),

(d) section 107 (removal of Secretary of State consent for fee-charging powers etc. ), and

(e) section 108 (removal of Secretary of State approval for staff numbers, terms etc.).