Health Service Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information) Act 1986

2 Access to meetings and documents of joint committees.

(1) Sections 100A to 100D of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (access to meetings and documents of certain authorities) shall apply to a joint committee as they apply to a principal council (within the meaning of Part VA of that Act), but subject to the following modifications, namely—

(a) any reference to the offices of a principal council shall be construed as a reference to the offices of each of the constituent authorities;

(b) any reference to the proper officer in relation to a principal council shall be construed as a reference to the person appointed for the purpose by the joint committee; and

(c) in section 100A(6)(c) the reference to premises not belonging to a principal council shall be construed as a reference to premises not belonging to any of the constituent authorities nor vested in the Secretary of State.

(2) In section 100H of that Act (supplemental provisions and offences)—

(a) any reference to any provision of Part VA of that Act or to any right conferred by Part VA includes a reference to any such provision as it applies to a joint committee by virtue of this section or to any right conferred by Part VA as it so applies (as the case may be);

(b) in subsection (3), as it so applies, the reference to a principal council shall be construed as a reference to a constituent authority; and

(c) subsection (5) shall apply to any meeting of a joint committee.

(3) The power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 1001(2) of that Act to vary Schedule 12A to that Act (exempt information) shall include power to vary that Schedule as it applies in relation to a joint committee by virtue of this section.

(4) In that Schedule, as it so applies—

(a) Part I shall have effect with the insertion after paragraph 6 of the following paragraphs—

“6A Information relating to the physical or mental health of any particular person.

6B Information relating to—

(a) any particular person who is or was formerly included in a list of persons undertaking to provide services under Part II of the [1977 c. 49.] National Health Service Act 1977, or is an applicant for inclusion in such a list, or

(b) any particular employee of such a person.”;

(b) paragraph 1 of Part II shall have effect with the insertion after " paragraphs 1 to 5 " of " or 6B "; and

(c) any reference to " the authority " shall be construed as a reference to a constituent authority (and paragraph 1(2) of Part III shall accordingly not apply).