4 Power to direct bodies to publish information.E+W+S
(1)The relevant Minister may direct that a body or description of bodies specified in any of the paragraph of subsection (4) below shall publish information about the discharge of their functions and other matters (including forecasts) which he considers to be related.
(2)Different directions may be given to bodies of the same description in different areas.
(3)A direction under this section may specify—
(a)the manner in which information is to be published;
(b)the occasions on which such publication is to be made; and
(c)the form which such publication is to take.
(4)The bodies and descriptions of bodies mentioned in subsection (1) above are—
(a)development corporations established under the M1[F1New Towns Act 1981] or the M2New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
(b)the Commission for New Towns;
[F2(c)water authorities;]
(d)urban development corporations within the meaning of Part XVI of this Act;
(e)Passenger Transport Executives . . . F3
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(g)district councils [F5or Welsh county councils or county borough councils]carrying on road passenger transport undertakings.
F6(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F7(5A)In this section “the relevant Minister ” means, in relation to the National Rivers Authority, the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]
(6)Subject to [F8[F9subsection](5A)] above, in this section “the relevant Minister " means the Secretary of State.
(7)A direction given to a F10. . .council under this section may only relate to its road passenger transport undertaking.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123:3), s. 81, Sch. 12 para. 28(a)
F2S. 4(4)(c) commencing “water " substituted for s. 4(4)(c) commencing “the National " by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 61(1)(a), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58
F3Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8
F4S. 4(4)(f)repealed by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 71(3)(b), Sch. 7
F5Words in s. 4(4)(g) inserted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 57(2)(a) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5
F6S. 4(5) repealed (25.11.2002) by S.I. 2002/2626, art. 20, Sch. 2 para. 9(b)
F7S. 4(5A) inserted by Water Act 1989 (c.15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1) Sch. 25 para. 61(1)(b), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58
F8Words “subsections (5) and (5A) " substituted for “subsection (5) " by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 61(1)(c), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58
F9Word in s. 4(6) substituted (25.11.2002) by S.I. 2002/2626, art. 20, Sch. 2 para. 9(a)
F10Word in s. 4(7) repealed (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 57(2)(b), Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4: Functions transferred (25.11.2002) by S.I. 2002/26260, arts. 4(a), 7, 8
Marginal Citations
M11981 c. 64 (123:3).
M21968 c. 16 (123:4).