Freedom of Information Act 2000
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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1134709 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information Act 2000 Context triple: [The National Archives, governedBy, Freedom of Information Act 2000]
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A.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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B.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
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C.
OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
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D.
Government in the Sunshine Act
The Government in the Sunshine Act is a U.S. federal law that requires meetings of certain government agencies to be open and accessible to the public, promoting transparency and accountability in administrative decision-making.
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E.
FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 is a U.S. law that strengthened public access to federal government records by adding a presumption of openness, limiting certain exemptions, and improving transparency and oversight of the Freedom of Information Act process.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information Act 2000 Target entity description: The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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A.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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B.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
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C.
OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
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D.
Government in the Sunshine Act
The Government in the Sunshine Act is a U.S. federal law that requires meetings of certain government agencies to be open and accessible to the public, promoting transparency and accountability in administrative decision-making.
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E.
FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 is a U.S. law that strengthened public access to federal government records by adding a presumption of openness, limiting certain exemptions, and improving transparency and oversight of the Freedom of Information Act process.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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freedom of information law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
encourage public participation in decision-making
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increase accountability of public authorities ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
National Health Service bodies
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linked to:
NHS organisations
UK government departments ⓘ local authorities in the UK ⓘ non-departmental public bodies in the UK ⓘ police forces in the UK ⓘ public authorities in the United Kingdom ⓘ state schools and further education colleges in the UK ⓘ |
| cameIntoForce | phased implementation between 2001 and 2005 ⓘ |
| citation | 2000 c.36 ⓘ |
| complementedBy | Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 ⓘ |
| contains |
absolute exemptions
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public interest test for qualified exemptions ⓘ qualified exemptions ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creates |
offence of altering or destroying requested information
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right of appeal to the Information Tribunal ⓘ right of complaint to the Information Commissioner ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo | private sector bodies unless designated as public authorities ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Information Commissioner’s Office ⓘ |
| excludes | Scottish public authorities ⓘ |
| fullyInForceFrom | 2005-01-01 ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
England and Wales
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Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| government |
Labour government of Tony Blair
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linked to:
Third Blair ministry
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| grantsRight | right of access to recorded information held by public authorities ⓘ |
| influencedBy | international freedom of information norms ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Jack Straw ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
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Northern Ireland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legislature |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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linked to:
British Parliament
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| longTitle | An Act to make provision for the disclosure of information held by public authorities or by persons providing services for them and to amend the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Public Records Act 1958; and for connected purposes ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
to promote openness and transparency in the public sector
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to provide a general right of access to information held by public authorities ⓘ |
| policyArea |
access to information
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transparency ⓘ |
| provides |
duty on public authorities to communicate requested information
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duty on public authorities to confirm or deny whether information is held ⓘ right to request information from public authorities ⓘ |
| regulator | Information Commissioner’s Office ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Data Protection Act 1998
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Environmental Information Regulations 2004 ⓘ |
| requires | publication schemes by public authorities ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 2000-11-30 ⓘ |
| section |
Section 1
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Section 12 ⓘ Section 14 ⓘ Section 2 ⓘ Section 21 ⓘ Section 40 ⓘ Section 41 ⓘ Section 43 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Freedom of Information Act 2000 ⓘ |
| subjectTo | exemptions for certain categories of information ⓘ |
| successorTo | non-statutory Code of Practice on Access to Government Information ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 2000 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Freedom of Information Act 2000 Description of subject: The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ICO
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
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takesPrecedenceOver
→
Freedom of Information Act 2000 for environmental information
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linked to: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
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relatedTo
→
Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015
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relatedTo
→
Freedom of Information Act 2000
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UK Parliament 2001–2005
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enactedLegislation
→
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (brought fully into force 2005)
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linked to: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Fifty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom
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enactedMajorReform
→
Freedom of Information Act 2000
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