Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, Paragraph 4 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 13 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
4(1)The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In section 1(1), the words “local authority or other” shall be omitted and for the words “an authority or other body” there shall be substituted the words “a body”.
(3)Section 2(2) shall be omitted.
(4)In the Schedule (which defines the bodies to which the Act applies) for paragraph 1(a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(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 1972, or a body falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 100J(1) of that Act)”.
(5)In paragraph 1 of the Schedule, paragraphs (aa) and (ab) (as inserted by the Local Government Act 1985) and (d) shall be omitted.
(6)In paragraph 1(h) of the Schedule, for the words “police authorities” there shall be substituted the words “bodies 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”.
(7)In paragraph 2 of the Schedule, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) shall be omitted.
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