Part VA Access to Meetings and Documents of Certain Authorities, Committees and Sub-Committees.

F1100K Interpretation and application of Part VA.

(1)

In this Part—

“committee or sub-committee of a principal council” shall be construed in accordance with section 100E(3) above;

“constituent principal council” shall be construed in accordance with section 100E(4) above;

“copy”, in relation to any document, includes a copy made from a copy;

“exempt information” has the meaning given by section 100I above;

“information” includes an expression of opinion, any recommendations and any decision taken;

“newspaper” includes—

(a)

a news agency which systematically carries on the business of selling and supplying reports or information to news-papers; and

(b)

any organisation which is systematically engaged in collecting news—

(i)

for sound or television broadcasts; or

F2(ii)

for inclusion in programmes to be included in any programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990) other than a sound or television broadcasting service;

“principal council” shall be construed in accordance with section 100J above.

(2)

Any reference in this Part to a meeting is a reference to a meeting held after 1st April 1986