C22C15C28C14C13C12C2C3C1C7C8C9C10C11C16C18C33C36C34C37C32C26C29C24C21C19C30C31C27C35C25C23F1Part VA Access to Meetings and Documents of Certain Authorities, Committees and Sub-Committees.
Pt. 5A power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2000 c. 22, s. 9GA(7) (as inserted (3.12.2011 for specified purposes) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(e))
Pt. 5A applied in part (with modifications) by The Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1085), reg. 8
Pt. 5A modified by 2000 c. 22, s. 9FA(6)(a) (as inserted (3.12.2011 for specified purposes) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(e))
Pt. 5A applied (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), art. 20(6)
Pt. 5A applied (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), art. 9(8)
Pt. 5A applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/580), art. 9
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) modified by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 7
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) modified (11.9.1998) by 1998 c. 18, ss. 10(6), 55(2)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) modified (E.) (2.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1299, reg. 6(10)(a)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) modified (W.) (28.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2284, reg. 5(1)(a)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) modified (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), ss. 24(7), 73; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) extended (6.3.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 67(4)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) extended (with modifications) (8.5.2000 and 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 58, 61, 65 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b)(c), Sch. Pts. 2, 3
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) extended (E.) (26.10.2000) and (W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 21(11)(a), 108(4)-(6); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(a)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) applied (12.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/867, reg. 11(6)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) applied (with modifications) (28.6.1995) by 1995 c. iii, s. 26, Sch. 1
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) applied (with modifications) (8.5.2000 for specified purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1988 c. 41, s. 115(3A) (as inserted (8.5.2000 for specified purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 131(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, arts. 3, 4)
Pt. 5A applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), art. 21(2)(a)
Pt. 5A applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), art. 21(2)(a)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) applied (W.) (28.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2284, reg. 19(8)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) applied (W.) (1.4.2002) by The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Discharge of Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/802), reg. 11(8)(9)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K): power to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this part conferred (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4 para. (a)(iii); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K): power to apply or reproduce (with or without modifications) conferred (E.) (7.8.2000 for specified purposes otherwise 26.10.2000) and (W.) (1.11.2000) by 2000 c. 22, s. 22(12); S.I. 2000/2187, art. 2(b); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(b); S.I. 2000/2948, art. 2
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K): power to apply or reproduce conferred (W.) (1.11.2000 and 19.12.2000 with application in relation to police authorities in Wales) and (E.) (19.12.2000) by 2000 c. 22, s. 53(12); S.I. 2000/2948, art. 2; S.I. 2000/3335, art. 2
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K): power to apply (with or without modifications) conferred (1.1.2003) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), s. 20(11), Sch. 6 para. 5; S.I. 2002/3190, art. 2
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K): power to apply (with or without modifications) conferred (1.9.2003) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 19(5), 42(3); S.I. 2003/2246, art. 2
Pt. 5A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2001/2812, reg. 7(1) (as substituted (1.3.2006) by The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/87), reg. 2(a))
Pt. 5A: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.3.2007) by National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41), ss. 241(5), 277(1) (subject to s. 277(2)-(5))
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A-100K) (except ss. 100E, 100G, 100J, 100K) applied (28.8.2001) by S.I. 2001/2812, reg. 7(1)(2) (as amended by S.I. 2003/1483, reg. 3(2))
Pt. 5A modified (W.) (16.2.2007) by The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/397), reg. 9(1)
Pt. 5A modified (W.) (16.2.2007) by The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/397), reg. 16(8)
Pt. 5A: power to apply conferred (25.11.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 71(9), 148(5); S.I. 2009/3087, art. 2(b)
Pt. 5A applied in part (with modifications) (1.4.2010) by The Town and Country Planning (Regional Strategy) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/601), regs. 1(1), 6
Pt. 5A modified (30.4.2012) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 14(8), 178(3);S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(b)
Pt. 5A modified (30.4.2012) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 83(7), 178(3);S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(j)
Pt. 5A applied (with modifications) (7.6.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 35(8), 240(2); S.I. 2012/1463, art. 2(f)
Pt. 5A applied (with modifications) (22.11.2012) by The Police and Crime Panels (Application of Local Authority Enactments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2734), regs. 1(1), 3-6, Sch. Pts. 1-3
Pt. 5A modified (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 7 para. 9(6)(7); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(p) (with Sch. para. 1) (as amended (27.6.2016) by S.I. 2016/675, art. 2)
Pt. 5A applied (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
Pt. 5A applied (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
Pt. 5A applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 21(1)
Pt. 5A applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 36(1)
Pt. 5A applied (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
Pt. 5A excluded (31.5.2018) by The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/574), arts. 1(2), 66(9)
Pt. 5A applied (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 15(1)
Pt. 5A applied (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 17(1)
Pt. 5A modified (E.) (4.4.2020) by The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/392), regs. 1, 15 (with reg. 2(4))
Pt. 5A applied (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 18(1)
Pt. 5A modified (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 1 para. 2(4) (with s. 247)
C20C4C5C6C17F3100DF2 Inspection F11and publication of background papers.
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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 F8, or are required by section 100BA(1) or 100C(1A) to be published electronically —
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, F13...
b
c
in relation to a principal council in Wales, each of the documents included in that list must be published electronically, but if in the opinion of the proper officer it is not reasonably practicable to publish a document included in the list electronically at least one copy of the document must be open to inspection at the offices of the council.
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F122A
In relation to a principal council in Wales, copies of documents included in the list must—
a
where they are published under subsection (1)(c), remain accessible electronically to members of the public until the expiration of the period of six years beginning with the date of the meeting, and
b
where they are open to inspection under subsection (1)(c), be open to inspection by members of the public at the offices of the council until the expiration of that period.
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 F6 or published electronically , 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.
Pt. 5A (ss. 100A–100K) inserted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 1(1)