The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2014

Made: 8th December 2014

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52(2) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010[^f00001]:

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2014.

Section 45(1) of the 2010 Act coming into force on 1st January 2015

2

Section 45(1) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 shall come into force on 1st January 2015 for all remaining purposes.

Signed

Simon Hughes — Minister of State — Ministry of Justice — 8th December 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force (so far as not already in force) section 45(1) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25).

Section 45(1)(a) of that Act reduces the period by the end of which public records are required by section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) (“the 1958 Act”) to be transferred to the Public Record Office (which exercises its functions as part of The National Archives) or other place of deposit. In future, transfer will generally be required no later than the end of 20 years from the date on which the record was created, as opposed to 30 years.

Section 45(1)(b) provides that, for a period of 10 years from the date of its commencement, this reduction takes effect subject to any transitional, transitory or saving provision made by order by the Secretary of State under section 45(2) to (5). Particular transitional provision for the purpose of records newly subject to section 45(1) by virtue of this Order is made by The Public Records (Transfer to the Public Record Office) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/20-year-rule-and-records-of-local-interest.html.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2010 c. 25.