Public Records Act 1958

3 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) of the last foregoing paragraph, the administrative and departmental records of bodies and establishments set out in the Table at the end of this paragraph shall be public records, whether or not they are records belonging to Her Majesty.

(2) The provisions of this paragraph shall not be taken as applying to records in any museum or gallery mentioned in the said Table which form part of its permanent collections (that is to say records which the museum or gallery has acquired otherwise than by transfer from or arrangements with a government department).

TABLE

PART I
BODIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
Responsible Government Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.	Agricultural Wages Board. Agricultural Wages Committees. Organisation known as the “National Farm Survey”. Official seed testing station for England and Wales.
[F1 Ministry of Defence]	Meteorological Office.
F2 . . .	F3 . . .
[F4 Department of Health]	National Health Service Authorities [F5 including National Health Service Trusts] other than local health authorities. [F6 Family Practitioner Committees] [F7 National health service hospitals][F8 health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977] except— records of endowments passing to Boards of Governors under section seven of the National Health Service Act 1946. records relating to funds held by Hospital Boards and Committees under sections fifty-nine and sixty of the said Act, andrecords of private patients admitted under section five of the said Act. [F9 records of property passing to [F10 Regional, Area or District] Health Authorities or special health authorities under sections 23 to 26 of the M1 National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 [F11 or section 92 of the M2 National Health Service Act 1977] records of property held by a [F12 Regional, Area or District] Health Authority or special health authority under section 21 or 22 of the said Act 1973][F13 or section 90 or 91 of the National Health Service Act 1977] Welsh Board of Health.
Home Office	Office of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Office of Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
[F14 Department of Employment]	National Dock Labour Board. National Institute of Houseworkers Limited. Wages Boards and Wages Councils.
[F15 Department of Social Security]	National Insurance Advisory Committee. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. [F16 Attendance Allowance Board.] National Insurance and Industrial Injuries Joint Authorities. Workmen’s Compensation Supplementation Board. Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Board. [F17 Occupational Pensions Board] F18 . . .
[F19 Department of Transport]	Air Transport Advisory Council. Air Registration Board. [F20 Airworthiness Requirements Board, Civil Aviation Authority.]
[F21 Lord Chancellor’s Department]	[F22 Legal Aid Board]

PART II

OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS

• Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board.

• [F23 Armouries]

• [F24 The Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside.]

• [F25 British Coal Corporation]

• British Museum (including the Natural History Museum).

• Catering Wages Commission.

• Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation.

• [F26 Commission on Industrial Relations]

• [F27 Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations (before and after their reconstitution as a body corporate)] except when acting for governments or authorities outside Her Majesty’s dominions.

• [F28 Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board.]

• [F29 the Data Protection Registrar]

• Development Commission.

• F30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F31 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England]

• Imperial War Museum.

• Irish Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Land Trust.

• London Museum.

• F32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F33 Monopolies and Mergers Commission.]

• [F34 National Audit Office]

• F35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• National Gallery.

• National Maritime Museum.

• National Parks Commission.

• National Portrait Gallery.

• National Savings Committee.

• Office of [F36 the Director General of Fair Trading.]

• [F37 Post Office].

• Remploy Limited.

• [F38 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]

• Royal Greenwich Observatory.

• [F39 Science Museum]

• Tate Gallery.

• F40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Trustee Savings Banks Inspection Committee.

• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

• University Grants Committee.

• [F41 Victoria and Albert Museum]

• Wallace Collection.

• War Works Commission.

• Any body established for the purpose of determining the boundaries of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or of local authorities in England or Wales.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), ss. 1, 3(2)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt.I entries repealed by National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47, SIF 78), s.40, Sch. 6

F3 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt.I entries repealed by National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47, SIF 78), s.40, Sch. 6

F4 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1988/1843, art. 2

F5 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words inserted (E.W.S) by National Health Service and Community care Act 1990 (c.19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch.9 para.6(a)

F6 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I entry inserted (E.W.) by S.I.1985/39, art.4

F7 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: for the words "National health service hospitals" there are substituted (E.W.S) the words "health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(b)

F8 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: for the words "National health service hospitals" there are substituted (E.W.S) the words "health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(b)

F9 Words inserted by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 82

F10 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by Health Services Act 1980 (c.53,SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12

F11 Words added (E.W.) (N.I.) by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Sch. 15 para. 22

F12 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by Health Services Act 1980 (c.53,SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12

F13 Words added (E.W.) (N.I.) by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Sch. 15 para. 22

F14 Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1959/1769 (1959 I, p. 1795), art. 2(1), 1968/729 art. 3(2) and 1970/1537 art. 3

F15 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by virtue of S.I.1988/1843, art. 3

F16 Words inserted by National Insurance (Old persons' and widows' pensions and attendance allowance) Act 1970 (c. 51), Sch. 2 para. 2 and by Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), Sch. 27 para. 19(b)

F17 Words inserted by Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), Sch. 27 para. 19(a)

F18 Words repealed by Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), Sch. 5

F19 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1959/1768 (1959 I, p.1793), arts. 2(1), 4(1), 1966/741, arts. 2(1), 3(1), 1966/1015, arts.2(1), 3, 1970/1537, arts. 2(1), 7(4), 1974/692, arts. 2(3), 5(3) and 1983/1127, art.2

F20 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt.I words included by virtue of Civil Aviation Act 1982 c.16,SIF 9), Sch. 15 para.3

F21 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words inserted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34,SIF 77:1), s. 45, Sch. 5 para. 1

F22 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words inserted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34,SIF 77:1), s. 45, Sch. 5 para. 1

F23 Table Pt. II entry inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F24 Table Pt. II entry inserted by S.I.1990/1765, art.3(2)

F25 Table Pt. II entry inserted by Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3, SIF 86), s. 1(2), Sch.1 para. 6

F26 Entry inserted (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 16 Pt. IV para. 6

F27 Words substituted by Crown Agents Act 1979 (c. 43), s. 32(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F28 Entry inserted by Crown Agents Act 1979 (c. 43), s. 32(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F29 Table Pt. II entry inserted by Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35, SIF 106:1),s.3(6),Sch. 2 para. 14

F30 Entry repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 18

F31 Table Pt. II entry inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F32 Entry repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 18

F33 Words substituted by virtue of Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41), s. 4(1)

F34 Table Pt. II entry inserted by National audit Act 1983 (c.44, SIF 99:1),s. 3(1), Sch.2 para.4

F35 Table Pt. II: words repealed by Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3,SIF 86), s. 10(3), Sch. 3 Pt.II

F36 Words substituted by Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41), Sch. 12

F37 Words added by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 75(1)

F38 Table Pt. II entry inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F39 Table Pt. II entry inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F40 Entry repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 18

F41 Table Pt. II entry inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 Table Pt. 1: reference to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food extended by S.I. 1978/272, art. 11(6)

C2 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: Public Records Act 1958 shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if British Telecommunications were included amongst the bodies and establishments set out in Part II of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act by virtue of British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), ss. 1(2), 56(1) (which amending provisions were repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. II (with saving relating to the operation of s. 56 of the 1981 Act in Sch. 5 para. 44))

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c. 32.

M2 1977 c. 49.