1The bodies to which in England and Wales this Act applies are—
[F1(a)parish or community councils, the Council of the Isles of Scilly and joint boards or joint committees which discharge functions of any of those bodies (or of any of those bodies and of a principal council, within the meaning of the Local Government Act M11972, or a body falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 100J(1) of that Act)]
[F2(aa)(ab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2]
(b)the parish meetings of rural parishes;
[F3(bb)the Land Authority for Wales;]
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
[F7(f)Regional Health Authorities, Area Health Authorities [F8and District Health Councils] and, if the order establishing a special health authority so provides, that authority;]
[F9(g)Family Practitioner Committees, but only in so far as regards the exercise of their executive functions;]
(h)bodies not mentioned above but having, within the meaning of the M2Public Works Loans Act, 1875, power to levy a rate (other than [F10bodies to which sections 100A to 100D of the Local Government Act 1972 apply, whether or not by virtue of section 100E or 100J of that Act]).
[F11(i)regional and local flood defence committees;
(j)advisory committees established and maintained under section 2 or 141 of the Water Act 1989;
(k)customer service committees established and maintained under section 6 of that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. para. 1(a) substituted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(4)
F2Sch. para. 1(aa)(ab) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 37 and repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(5), Sch. 3
F3Sch. para. 1(bb) added by virtue of Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 123:1), s. 110, Sch. 22 para. 13
F4Sch. para. 1(c) repealed by Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), s. 11(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I
F5Sch. para. 1(d) repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(5), Sch. 3
F6Sch. para. 1(e) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F7Sch. para. 1(f) substituted by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 99
F8Words substituted by virtue of Health Service Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 15 and Community Health Councils (Access to Information) Act 1988 (c. 24, SIF 113:2), s. 1(7)
F9Sch. para. 1(g) inserted by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 7 (para. (previousg) having been repealed by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 99, Sch. 5)
F10Words substituted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(6)
F11Sch. para. 1(i)(j)(k) inserted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 28, Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. para. 1(h) excluded by S.I. 1986/1929, art. 2
Marginal Citations
2The bodies to which in Scotland this Act applies are—
(a)—(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12
[F13(d)Health Boards constituted under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act [F141978], but only so far as regards the exercise of their executive functions]
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15
Textual Amendments
F12Sch. para. 2(a)(b)(c) repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(7), Sch. 3
F13Sch. para. 2(d) substituted for para. 2(d)(e) by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Sch. 6 para. 118
F14 “1978” substituted by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29, SIF 113:2), Sch. 16 para. 14