(the) thirty-year rule

(the) thirty-year rule
the thirty-year rule [the thirty-year rule] noun [sing]
a British government rule which prevented certain official documents from being made public until a period of thirty years had passed. It was replaced when the ↑Freedom of Information Act was passed in 2005.

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