Part VIII Miscellaneous and supplemental
80AF1Information held by Northern Ireland bodies
1
This section applies to information held by—
a
the Northern Ireland Assembly,
b
a Northern Ireland department, or
c
a Northern Ireland public authority.
2
In their application to information to which this section applies, the provisions of this Act have effect subject to the following modifications.
3
Section 2(3) (exemptions not subject to public interest test) is to be read as if paragraph (ea) were omitted.
4
Section 37(1) (communications with Her Majesty, etc) is to be read as if for paragraphs (a) to (ad) there were substituted—
“
communications with the Sovereign, with other members of the Royal Family or with the Royal Household, or”.
5
Section 62(1) (meaning of “historical record”) is to be read as if the reference to twenty years were a reference to thirty years.
6
Section 63 (removal of exemptions: historical records generally) is to be read as if—
a
in subsection (1), for the words from “section” to the end there were substituted “section 28, 30(1), 32, 33, 35, 36, 37(1)(a), 42 or 43”,
b
in subsection (2), for the words from “section” to the end there were substituted “section 28(3), 33(3), 36(3), 42(2) or 43(3)”, and
c
subsections (2A) to (2F) were omitted.