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[F2(1)Subject, in the case of section 100C(1), to subsection (2) below, if and so long as copies of the whole or part of a report for a meeting of a principal council are required by section 100B(1) or 100C(1) above to be open to inspection by members of the public—
(a)those copies shall each include a copy of a list, compiled by the proper officer, of the background papers for the report or the part of the report, and
(b)at least one copy of each of the documents included in that list shall also be open to inspection at the offices of the council.]
(2)Subsection (1) above does not require a copy [F3of the list, or] of any document included in the list, to be open to inspection after the expiration of the period of four years beginning with the date of the meeting.
(3)Where a copy of any of the background papers for a report is required by subsection (1) above to be open to inspection by members of the public, the copy shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to be so open if arrangements exist for its production to members of the public as soon as is reasonably practicable after the making of a request to inspect the copy.
(4)Nothing in this section—
(a)requires any document which discloses exempt information to be included in the list referred to in subsection (1) above; or
(b)without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) of section 100A above, requires or authorises the inclusion in the list of any document which, if open to inspection by the public, would disclose confidential information in breach of the obligation of confidence, within the meaning of that subsection.
(5)For the purposes of this section the background papers for a report are those documents relating to the subject matter of the report which—
(a)disclose any facts or matters on which, in the opinion of the proper officer, the report or an important part of the report is based, and
(b)have, in his opinion, been relied on to a material extent in preparing the report,
but do not include any published works.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. VA (ss. 100A–100K) inserted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 1(1)
F2S. 100D(1) substituted (1.10.2000 for E., and otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 97(1), 108(4)-(6); S.I. 2000/2187, art. 3
F3Words in s. 100D(2) repealed (1.10.2000 for E., otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 97(2), 107(2), 108(4)-(6), Sch. 6; S.I. 2000/2187, art. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 100A-100D extended (with modifications) by Health Services Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information) Act 1986 (c. 24, SIF 113:2), s. 2(1)
C2Ss. 100A-100D applied with modifications by Community Health Councils (Access to Information) Act 1988 (c. 24, SIF 113:2), s. 1(1)(2)
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