Code of practice on access to government information
Publication Year
1997
Document Status
Withdrawn
Document History
Superseded by: Freedom of Information Act 2000 c.36.
Publisher Information
Department for Constitutional Affairs
The Department for Constitutional Affairs responsibilities have been taken over by the Ministry of Justice.
Partially replaced, 2000,
Act 2000 ch 36 Freedom of Information Act 2000
Partially replaced, 2008,
Act 2008 Ch 17 Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
Partially replaced, 2012,
Act 2012 Ch 9 Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Partially replaced, 2013,
Act 2013 Ch 32 Energy Act 2013
Partially replaced, 2014,
Act 2014 Ch 21 Water Act 2014
Withdrawn, 2015,
Act 2015 Ch 7 Infrastructure Act 2015
Partially replaced, 2015,
Act 2015 Ch 7 Infrastructure Act 2015 (Includes correction slips dated June 2015 and May 2016)
Withdrawn, 2016,
Act 2016 Ch 22 Housing and Planning Act 2016
Withdrawn, 2016,
Act 2016 Ch 22 Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Includes correction slip issued September 2017)
Current, 2016,
Act 2016 Ch 22 Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Includes correction slips issued September 2017 and January 2020)
Withdrawn, 2017,
Act 2017 Ch 4 Wales Act 2017
Current, 2017,
Act 2017 Ch 4 Wales Act 2017 (Including correction slips issued March 2017 and February 2020)
Partially replaced, 2017,
Act 2017 Ch 20 Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017
Withdrawn, 2018,
Act 2018 Ch 12 Data Protection Act 2018
Partially replaced, 2018,
Act 2018 Ch 12 Data Protection Act 2018 (Including correction slip dated August 2019)
Current, 2021,
Act 2021 Ch 30 Environment Act 2021
Current, 2023,
Act 2023 Ch 52 Energy Act 2023
Partially replaced, 2009,
Statutory Instruments SI 2009/1307 Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009
Partially replaced, 2014,
Statutory Instruments SI 2014/1638 Explosives Regulations 2014
Partially replaced, 2015,
Statutory Instruments SI 2015/51 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Partially replaced, 2015,
Statutory Instruments SI 2015/627 Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015
Current, 2015,
Statutory Instruments SI 2015/1359 Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Current, 2015,
Statutory Instruments SI 2015/1897 Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015
Partially replaced, 2016,
Statutory Instruments SI 2016/275 Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016
Current, 2017,
Statutory Instruments SI 2017/365 Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Current, 2017,
Statutory Instruments SI 2017/1309 Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017
Current, 2018,
Statutory Instruments SI 2018/1234 Planning (Hazardous Substances and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Current, 2022,
Statutory Instruments SI 2022/76 Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2022
Current, 2024,
Statutory Instruments SI 2024/696 Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Current, 2025,
Statutory Instruments SI 2025/418 Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
Current, 2006,
Statutory Instruments SI 2006/1254 Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (N.I.9)
Partially replaced, 2016,
Acts of the National Assembly for Wales 2016 Ch 3 Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw. 3)
Current, 2014,
Welsh Statutory Instruments WSI 2014/2773 Town and Country Planning (Determination of Procedure) (Wales) Order 2014 (W.280)
