Freedom of Information Act 2000FOIAUK · 2000 c. 36
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Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) – Section 18 – The Information Commission...

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Section 18The [F1Information Commission]F2...

(1) F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In this Act—
  • (a)
    the [F5Information Commission] is referred to as [F6“the Commission”], F7...
  • (b)
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(4) Schedule 2 (which makes provision consequential on subsections (1) and (2) and amendments of the M1Data Protection Act 1998 relating to the extension by this Act of the functions of the Commissioner and the Tribunal) has effect.
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(6) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amended text

This Section is shown as amended by Data Protection Act 2018; Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; S.I. 2010/22; S.I. 2026/386 (see the annotations below), as incorporated in the text in force on 7 October 2026 as published on legislation.gov.uk.

Annotations

Textual Amendments

  1. F1 Words in s. 18 heading 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(4)(a); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
  2. F2 Words in s. 18 heading omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(1), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 68(a)
  3. F3 S. 18(1) omitted (25.5.2018) by virtue of Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 57 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
  4. F4 S. 18(2) omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(1), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 68(b)
  5. F5 Words in s. 18(3)(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(4)(b)(i); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
  6. F6 Words in s. 18(3)(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(4)(b)(ii); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
  7. F7 S. 18(3)(b) and word omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(1), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 68(c)
  8. F8 S. 18(5)-(7) repealed (16.3.2015) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 105(5), 120, Sch. 10 Pt. 8 (with s. 97); S.I. 2015/587, art. 2(a)(c)

Commencement Information

  1. I1 S. 18 wholly in force at 1.1.2005; s. 18(4) in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 87(1)(i); s. 18(1) wholly in force and s. 18(4) in force for certain further purposes at 30.1.2001, see s. 87(2)(a)(c); s. 18(2)(3)(5)-(7) in force and s. 18(4) in force for certain further purposes at 14.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1637, art. 2(a)(b); s. 18 otherwise in force at 1.1.2005 by S.I. 2004/3122, art. 2

Marginal Citations

  1. M1 1998 c. 29.

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