Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2016.

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 330/2016
Year2016

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st July, 2016.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2016.

2. Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014) is amended by inserting

No. 28 of 1998

National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996

Paragraph 5 of the Second Schedule.

after the following:

No. 11 of 1996

Harbours Act 1996

Section 33.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

24 June 2016.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide for the addition of a reference to the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 to Schedule 3 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 . This means that the Freedom of Information Act will override the non-disclosure provisions in paragraph 5 of the Second Schedule of the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 .

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