The Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees) (England) Regulations 2009

Interpretation of Part 4

13.  In this Part—

“confidential information” has the meaning given by section 100A(3) of the 1972 Act (1)(admission to meetings of principal councils),

“exempt information” means information of any of the descriptions specified for the purposes of Part 5A of the 1972 Act (access to meetings and documents of certain authorities, committees and sub-committees)(2) and, in relation to any response to a report or recommendations of an overview and scrutiny committee which has functions under section 21(2)(f) of the 2000 Act, includes information falling within any of the descriptions of information specified in Schedule 17 to the National Health Service Act 2006(3), or in Schedule 11 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(4) (exempt information relating to health services), and

“relevant exempt information”, in relation to a response of the executive to a report or recommendations of an overview and scrutiny committee, means exempt information of a description specified in a resolution of the overview and scrutiny committee under section 100A(4) of the 1972 Act(5) which applied to the proceedings, or part of the proceedings, at any meeting of the authority at which the report or response was, or recommendations were, considered.

(1)

Section 100A(3) was inserted by section 1(1) of the Local Government (Access to Information )Act 1985 (c. 43).

(2)

See section 100I and Schedule 12A. Section 100I was inserted by section 1(1) of the Local Government (Access to Information )Act 1985 (c. 43) and amended by S.I. 2008/88, article 3.

(3)

2006 c.41.

(4)

2006 c.42.

(5)

Section 100A(4) was inserted by section 1(1) of the Local Government (Access to Information )Act 1985 (c. 43).