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SCHEDULES

Section 10.

FIRST SCHEDULEU.K. Definition of Public Records

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 1 excluded by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), s. 144(9)

Sch. 1 excluded (E.W.S.) (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 125(6); S.I. 1994/571, art. 5 (with art. 7) (which exclusion was repealed (18.7.1996) by 1996 c. 42, s. 8(2)(3))

Sch. 1 excluded (E.W.S.) (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 42, ss. 5(3), 8(3)

1U.K.The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect for determining what are public records for the purposes of this Act.

Departmental recordsU.K.

2(1)Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, administrative and departmental records belonging to Her Majesty, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and, in particular,—

(a)records of, or held in, any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, or

(b)records of any office, commission or other body or establishment whatsoever under Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom,

shall be public records.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall not apply—

(a)to records of any government department or body which is wholly or mainly concerned with Scottish affairs, or which carries on its activities wholly or mainly in Scotland, or

(b)to registers or certified copies of entries in registers being registers or certified copies kept or deposited in the General Register Office under or in pursuance of any enactment, whether past or future, which provides for the registration of births, deaths, marriages or adoptions, or

(c)except so far as provided by paragraph 4 of this Schedule, to records of the Duchy of Lancaster, or

(d)to records of the office of the Public Trustee relating to individual trusts [F1or

(e)to Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of Wales Act 1998).]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(e) and “or”immediately preceding it inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(2) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

3(1)Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) of the last foregoing paragraph, the administrative and departmental records of bodies and establishments set out in the Table at the end of this paragraph shall be public records, whether or not they are records belonging to Her Majesty.

(2)The provisions of this paragraph shall not be taken as applying to records in any museum or gallery mentioned in the said Table which form part of its permanent collections (that is to say records which the museum or gallery has acquired otherwise than by transfer from or arrangements with a government department).

TABLE
PART I
BODIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
Responsible Government Department
[F2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.]

Agricultural Wages Board.

Agricultural Wages Committees.

Organisation known as the “National Farm Survey”.

Official seed testing station for England and Wales.

[F3Ministry of Defence]Meteorological Office.
F4. . .F5. . .
[F6Department of Health]

National Health Service Authorities [F7including [F8Primary Care Trusts][F9, National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts]] other than local health authorities [F10and Authorities for districts or localities in Wales, or for areas in or consisting of Wales (including National Health Service trusts all of whose hospitals, establishments and facilities are situated in Wales)].

[F11Family Practitioner Committees][F12for localities in England]

[F13health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977][F14, in England] except—

records of endowments passing to Boards of Governors under section seven of the National Health Service Act 1946.

records relating to funds held by Hospital Boards and Committees under sections fifty-nine and sixty of the said Act, andrecords of private patients admitted under section five of the said Act.

[F15records of property passing to [F16Regional, Area or District] Health Authorities or special health authorities under sections 23 to 26 of the M1National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 [F17or section 92 of the M2National Health Service Act 1977]

records of property held by a [F18Regional, Area or District] Health Authority or special health authority under section 21 or 22 of the said Act 1973][F19or section 90 or 91 of the National Health Service Act 1977]

[F20records of trust property passing to a [F21Strategic Health Authority, Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust] by virtue of the Health Authorities Act 1995 or under section 92 of the National Health Service Act 1977 or held by [F22a Strategic Health Authority or] a Health Authority under section 90 or 91 of that Act.]

F23. . .

Home Office

Office of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Office of Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

[F24Department of Employment]

National Dock Labour Board.

National Institute of Houseworkers Limited.

Wages Boards and Wages Councils.

[F25Department of Social Security]

National Insurance Advisory Committee.

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.

[F26Attendance Allowance Board.]

National Insurance and Industrial Injuries Joint Authorities.

Workmen’s Compensation Supplementation Board.

Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Board.

F27. . .

F28. . .

[F29Department of Transport]

Air Transport Advisory Council.

Air Registration Board.

[F30Airworthiness Requirements Board, Civil Aviation Authority.]

[F31Strategic Rail Authority.]

[F32Department for Constitutional Affairs]

[F33Legal Aid Board]

[F34Legal Services Commission]

PART II
OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS
  • [F35[F36Adult Learning Inspectorate]]

  • Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board.

  • [F37Armouries]

  • [F38The Big Lottery Fund.]

  • [F39The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.]

  • [F40The Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside.]

  • [F41British Coal Corporation]

  • [F42British Council.]

  • British Museum (including the Natural History Museum).

  • [F43Care Council for Wales.]

  • [F44the Care Quality Commission.]

  • Catering Wages Commission.

  • [F45Central Police Training and Development Authority]

  • [F46Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.]

  • [F47Civil Nuclear Police Authority.]

  • [F48Coal Authority]

  • Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation.

  • [F49Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.]

  • [F50The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.]

  • [F51[F52 Commission for Health Improvement.]]

  • [F53Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection]

  • [F54Commission on Industrial Relations]

  • [F55Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.]

  • [F56Commission for Rural Communities.]

  • [F57Commission for Social Care Inspection]

  • [F58The Committee on Climate Change.]

  • [F59Competition Commission.]

  • [F60Competition Service]

  • [F61[F62Consumer Council for Postal Services.]]

  • [F63Consumer Council for Water.]

  • [F64Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals.]

  • [F65[F66Countryside Council for Wales]]

  • [F67Criminal Cases Review Commission]

  • [F68Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations (before and after their reconstitution as a body corporate)] except when acting for governments or authorities outside Her Majesty’s dominions.

  • [F69Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board.]

  • [F70[F71Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales]]

  • [F72[F73the Data Protection Commissioner]]

  • [F74A development agency established under section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998.]

  • Development Commission.

  • [F75Director of Fair Access to Higher Education]

  • [F76[F77Disability Rights Commission.]]

  • [F78Electoral Commission.]

  • F79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F80[F81English Nature.]]

  • [F82The Environment Agency]

  • [F83Funding Agency for Schools]

  • [F84 Further Education Funding Council for England.]

  • [F85[F84Further Education Funding Council for Wales.]]

  • [F61[F86Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.]]

  • [F87General Social Care Council.]

  • [F88General Teaching Council for England.]

  • [F89General Teaching Council for Wales.]

  • [F84Higher Education Funding Council for England.]

  • [F90[F84Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.]]

  • [F91Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England]

  • [F92The Homes and Communities Agency.]

  • [F93Human Tissue Authority.]

  • Imperial War Museum.

  • [F94Information Commissioner.]

  • Irish Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Land Trust.

  • [F95Learning and Skills Council for England.]

  • [F96The Legal Services Board.]

  • [F97The Legal Services Consultative Panel.]

  • [F98 The Legal Services Ombudsman]

  • [F99Local Better Regulation Office.]

  • London Museum.

  • [F100The Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct]

  • F101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F102[F103Millennium Commission.]]

  • [F104[F105Monopolies and Mergers Commission.]]

  • [F106National Audit Office]

  • [F51[F107National Care Standards Commission]]

  • F108. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F109The National Consumer Council.]

  • National Gallery.

  • [F102[F110National Lottery Charities Board.]]

  • [F111National Lottery Commission.]

  • National Maritime Museum.

  • [F80[F112Countryside Agency]]

  • [F113National Policing Improvement Agency.]

  • National Portrait Gallery.

  • National Savings Committee.

  • [F114Natural England.]

  • [F115[F116Nature Conservancy Council for England]]

  • [F102[F117New Opportunities Fund.]]

  • [F118Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.]

  • [F119Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority.]

  • [F120Office of Communications.]

  • [F121Office of [F122the Director General of Fair Trading.]]

  • [F123Office of Fair Trading.]

  • [F124Office for Tenants and Social Landlords.]

  • [F125Olympic Delivery Authority.]

  • [F126Olympic Lottery Distributor.]

  • [F127The Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund.]

  • [F128Pensions Compensation Board.]

  • [F129Pensions Ombudsman.]

  • [F130The Pensions Regulator.]

  • [F131Personal Accounts Delivery Authority]

  • [F132Police Information Technology Organisation]

  • [F133Post Office].

  • [F134Post Office company (within the meaning of Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000).]

  • [F135Qualifications and Curriculum Authority]

  • [F136[F137Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales]]

  • [F138Rail Passengers’ Committees.]

  • [F139Rail Passengers’ Council.]

  • Remploy Limited.

  • [F140Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]

  • Royal Greenwich Observatory.

  • [F141School Curriculum and Assessment Authority]

  • [F142[F83Schools Funding Council for Wales]]

  • [F143Science Museum]

  • [F144Security Industry Authority.]

  • [F145Serious Organised Crime Agency.]

  • [F146[F147The Service Authority for the National Crime Squad.]]

  • [F148[F149The Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service.]]

  • [F150The Simpler Trade Procedures Board.]

  • Tate Gallery.

  • [F151[F152Teacher Training Agency]]

  • [F153Technology Strategy Board.]

  • [F154Traffic Director for London]

  • [F155Training and Development Agency for Schools]

  • F156. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Trustee Savings Banks Inspection Committee.

  • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

  • University Grants Committee.

  • [F157Valuation Tribunal Service.]

  • [F158Victoria and Albert Museum]

  • Wallace Collection.

  • War Works Commission.

  • Any body established for the purpose of determining the boundaries of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or of local authorities in England [F159or Wales].

Editorial Information

X1Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: due to the large number of entries contained in Pt. II of the Table and the frequency with which it has been amended, new versions are created less frequently than is usual SLD practice. This version of this provision contains details of amendments coming into force on or after 1.4.1994 and before 1.1.2009 (repealed text is retained). For previous amendment history, please refer to earlier versions.

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/794, art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 10 (with arts. 5(3), 6)

F4Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: entries repealed by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40, Sch. 6

F5Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: entries repealed by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40, Sch. 6

F6Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1988/1843, art. 2

F8Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words inserted (8.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/90, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 3

F9Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted (1.4.2004 for E. W.) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 34, 199, Sch. 4 para. 6; S.I. 2004/759, art. 2

F10Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words in entry relating to "National Health Service Authorities" inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(3)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F11Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: entry inserted (E.W.) by S.I. 1985/39, art. 4

F12Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words in entry relating to "Family Practitioner Committees" inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(3)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F13Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: for the words "National health service hospitals" there are substituted (E.W.S) the words "health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(b)

F14Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words in entry relating to "health service hospitals" inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(3)(c) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F16Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12

F18Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12

F20Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words in entry relating to Department of Health inserted (28.6.1995 for certain purposes otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, s. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 90 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

F21Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2469, reg. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1(a)

F22Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words inserted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2469, reg. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1(b)

F23Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: entry relating to "Welsh Board of Health" repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F24Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1959/1769 (1959 I, p. 1795), art. 2(1), S.I. 1968/729, art. 3(2) and S.I. 1970/1537, art. 3

F25Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1988/1843, art. 3

F27Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words repealed (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, ss. 151, 177, 180(1), Sch. 5 para. 1(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II

F29Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1959/1768 (1959 I, p.1793), arts. 2(1), 4(1), S.I. 1966/741, arts. 2(1), 3(1), S.I. 1966/1015, arts. 2(1), 3, S.I. 1970/1537, arts. 2(1), 7(4), S.I. 1974/692, arts. 2(3), 5(3) and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2

F30Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words included by virtue of Civil Aviation Act 1982 c. 16, SIF 9), Sch. 15 para. 3

F31Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words inserted (15.1.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 204, Sch. 14 para. 26; S.I. 2000/3376, art. 2

F33Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: words inserted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), s. 45, Sch. 5 para. 1

F34Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: entry inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 24, Sch. 4 para. 1 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/774, art. 2(a)(ii)(iii) (subject to transitional provsions in arts. 3, 4)

F36Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (28.7.2000 in so far as consequential on ss. 130, 131 or Sch. 8 of the amending Act and 3.8.2000 otherwise) by 2000 c. 21, s. 149, Sch. 9 para. 2; S.I. 2000/2114, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I

F38Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted by 1993 c. 39, Sch. 4A para. 15 (as inserted (1.8.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 14, 22, Sch. 2; S.I. 2006/2177, art. 2)

F39Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319, 322, Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7 (subject to art. 2(12))

F40Table Pt. II: entry inserted by S.I. 1990/1765, art. 3(2)

F42Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/438), art. 2

F43Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 54, 66, Sch. 1 para. 22; S.I. 2000/2992, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

F44Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.2008) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170(3), Sch. 5 para. 54(b); S.I. 2008/2497, art. 2(l)(q)(i)

F45Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 102, Sch. 4 para. 1; S.I. 2002/533, art. 2(d)

F46Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (10.6.2008 for certain purposes and 24.7.2008 otherwise) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), ss. 1, 62, Sch. 1 para. 24; S.I. 2008/1476, art. 2(1); S.I. 2008/2033, art. 2(1)

F47Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.3.2005) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 69, 198(2), Sch. 14 para. 1; S.I. 2005/442, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F48Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 6 (with ss. 40(7), 66); S.I. 1994/2553, s. 68(2)(d), art. 2

F49Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2006) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 87, 108, Sch. 2 para. 12; S.I. 2005/3439, art. 2

F50Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (18.4.2006) inserted by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 2, 93, Sch. 1 para. 47; S.I. 2006/1082, art. 2(a)(l)

F52Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.11.1999 for E.W. and 11.5.2001 for S.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 19, 67(2), Sch. 2 para. 15; S.I. 1999/2793, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 2; S.I. 2001/1985, art. 2(3)(a)

F55Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2003) by 2002 c. 17, s. 20(11), Sch. 6 para. 16; S.I. 2002/3190, art. 2(2)(a)

F57Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2004 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 147, 199, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 2003/3346, art. 3

F58Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (26.11.2008) by Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27), ss. 32(2), 100(1), Sch. 1 para. 28

F59Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/506, art. 11

F60Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 3(2)(b); S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

F61Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.10.2008) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 64, 66, Sch. 8; S.I. 2008/2550, art. 2, Sch. (subject to art. 3)

F62Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(4), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 8; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

F63Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 16; S.I. 2005/2714, art. 2(l)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 8)

F64Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 17, s. 25(4), Sch. 7 para. 20; S.I. 2002/2202, art. 2(2)(b)

F65Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F66Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46), s. 128(5), Sch. 6 para. 17; S.I. 1991/685, art. 3

F67Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (31.3.1997) by 1995 c. 35, s. 29(1), Sch. 2 para. 3; S.I. 1997/402, art. 3(e) (with art. 4)

F70Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F71Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry substituted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 253(2), Sch. 15 para. 1; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

F72Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 18(4), 86, 87(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 3(1), Sch. 8 Pt. II (with ss. 7(1)(7), 56, 78)

F73Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry substituted (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 29, s. 74(1), Sch. 15 para. 1(1); S.I. 2000/183, art. 2(1)

F74Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (25.11.1998 for the purposes of regional development agencies established on that date and 3.7.2000 otherwise) by 1998 c. 45, ss. 32, 43, Sch. 7 para. 1; S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)

F75Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.7.2004) by Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), ss. 49, 52(1), Sch. 6 para. 1

F76Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.10.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 91, 93, Sch. 3 para. 1, Sch. 4; S.I. 2007/2603, art. 2

F77Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/438), art. 2

F78Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 158(1), Sch. 21 para. 1; S.I. 2001/222, art. 2 Sch. 1 Pt. I

F79Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to "Employment Service Agency", "Manpower Services Commission" and "Training Services Agency" repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 125, Sch. 18

F81Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 73(4), 103(2), Sch. 8 para. 2(a)

F82Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (28.7.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 4 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/1983, art. 2

F83Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para. 34; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

F84Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (6.5.1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93, Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 68; S.I. 1992/831, art.2, Sch. 1

F85Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F86Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.11.2000) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 42; S.I. 2000/2917, art. 2, Sch.

F87Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (7.5.2001 for E.) by 2000 c. 14, s. 6, Sch. 1 para. 22; S.I. 2001/1536, art. 2(2)

F88Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2000) by 1998 c. 30, s. 44(1), Sch. 3 para. 1 (with s. 42(8)); S.I. 2000/970, art. 3

F89Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2000) by 1998 c. 30, s. 44(1), Sch. 3 para. 1 (with s. 42(8)); S.I. 2000/970, art. 3

F90Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F92Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (8.9.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 56, 325, Sch. 8 para. 1; S.I. 2008/2358, arts. 1(2), 2

F93Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2005) by Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30), ss. 13, 60, Sch. 2 para. 23; S.I. 2005/919, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 2)

F94Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 18(4), 87(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 3(1) (with ss. 7(1)(7), 56, 78)

F95Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2000) by 2000 c. 21, s. 149, Sch. 9 para. 2; S.I. 2000/2114, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. III

F96Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 2, 211, Sch. 1 para. 32 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(b)(h)

F97Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 35(5); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(a)

F101Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to "Employment Service Agency", "Manpower Services Commission" and "Training Services Agency" repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 125, Sch. 18

F102Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.12.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 21, 22, Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3201, art. 2(e)

F103Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II inserted (25.10.1993) by 1993 c. 39. s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 13; S.I. 1993/2632, art. 2

F104Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry relating to "Monopolies Commission" repealed (1.4.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/506, art. 11

F105Words substituted by virtue of Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41), s. 4(1)

F107Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (9.4.2001 for E.) by 2000 c. 14, s. 6, Sch. 1 para. 22; S.I. 2001/1193, art. 2(3)

F108Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: the words "National Coal Board" repealed by Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3, SIF 86), s. 10(3), Sch. 3 Pt. II

F109Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (21.12.2007) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 1, 66, Sch. 1 para. 36(1) (with s. 6(9)); S.I. 2007/3546, art. 3, Sch.

F110Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 14(1), 27(5)

F111Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 8; S.I. 1999/650, art. 2

F112Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry substituted (20.2.1999) by S.I. 1999/416, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 2

F113Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 1, 53, Sch. 1 para. 49; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3 (subject to arts. 6, 7)

F115Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 73(4), 102, 103(2), Sch. 8 para. 2(a), Sch. 16 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(1)(d)

F116Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46), s. 128(5), Sch. 6 para. 17; S.I. 1991/685, art. 3

F117Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted by 1993 c. 39, s. 43A, Sch. 6A para. 10 (as inserted (2.7.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 7, 27(4)(c), Sch. 2)

F118Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (27.7.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 2, 198(2), Sch. 1 para. 14; S.I. 2004/1973, art. 2, Sch.

F119Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 151, Sch. 5 para. 1(b); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II

F120Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.7.2002) by 2002 c. 11, s. 1, Sch. para. 23; S.I. 2002/1483, art. 2

F121Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 3(2)(b), Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

F123Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 3(2)(b); S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

F124Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (8.9.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 277, 325, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 2008/2358, arts. 1(2), 3(1)(2)

F125Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (30.3.2006) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (c. 12), ss. 3, 40(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 22

F126Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (8.7.2005) by Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (c. 25), ss. 29, 40, Sch. 5 para. 16; S.I. 2005/1831, art. 2

F127Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319, 322, Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7 (subject to art. 2(12))

F128Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 151, Sch. 5 para. 1(b); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II

F129Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (2.10.1995) by 1995 c. 26, s. 173, Sch. 6 para. 1; S.I. 1995/2548, art. 2

F130Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319, 322, Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7 (subject to art. 2(12))

F131Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (26.7.2007) by Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), ss. 20, 30(1)(c), Sch. 6 para. 22

F132Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 3; S.I. 1997/1930, art. 3(2)(x)

F134Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.11.2000) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(4), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 8; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F135Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1), Sch. 7 para. 1; S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2(3), Sch. 1 Pt. III

F136Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F137Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1), Sch. 7 para. 1; S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2(3), Sch. 1 Pt. III

F138Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 229, Sch. 23 para. 10; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3 Sch. 3 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 Pt. II)

F139Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 229, Sch. 23 para. 10; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3 Sch. 3 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 Pt. II)

F141Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para. 34; S.I. 1993/1975, art. 9, Sch. 1

F142Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(3), Sch. 31; S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F144Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by 2001 c. 12, s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 18; S.I. 2002/3125, art. 3(d)

F146Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174,178, Sch. 4 para. 6(b), {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(d) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

F147Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 128, Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 55; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(k) (with art. 4)

F148Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174,178, Sch. 4 para. 6(b), {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(d) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

F149Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 128, Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 55; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(k) (with art. 4)

F150Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/438), art. 2

F151Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 123, 125(3)(b), Sch. 19 Pt. 3

F152Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (21.9.1994) by 1994 c. 30, s. 24, Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 1994/2204, art. 2

F153Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.2.2008) by The Public Records (Technology Strategy Board) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3466), art. 2(2)

F154Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:2), s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 10 (with s. 79(1)); S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3, Sch.

F155Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 98, 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 1

F156Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to "Employment Service Agency", "Manpower Services Commission" and "Training Services Agency" repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 125, Sch. 18

F157Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2004) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 105, 128, Sch. 4 para. 21; S.I. 2003/2938, art. 6(a) (subject to art. 8, Sch.)

F159Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: words in entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Sch. 1 Table Pt. 1: reference to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food extended by S.I. 1978/272, art. 11(6)

C3Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: Public Records Act 1958 shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if British Telecommunications were included amongst the bodies and establishments set out in Part II of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act by virtue of British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), ss. 1(2), 56(1) (which amending provisions were repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. II (with saving relating to the operation of s. 56 of the 1981 Act in Sch. 5 para. 44))

C4Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, Funding Agency for Schools, School Curriculum and Assessment Authority and Schools Funding Council for Wales continued (1.11.1996) by virtue of 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 2

Marginal Citations

[F1603A(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of this Schedule by adding to either Part of the Table an entry relating to any body or establishment—U.K.

(a)which, at the time when the Order is made, is specified in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments, etc. subject to investigation), or

(b)in respect of which an entry could, at that time, be added to Schedule 2 to that Act by an Order in Council under section 4 of that Act (which confers power to amend that Schedule).

(2)An Order in Council under this paragraph may relate to a specified body or establishment or to bodies or establishments falling within a specified description.

(3)An Order in Council under this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F160Sch. 1 para. 3A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 67, 87(1)(j), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 4 (with ss. 56, 78)

Records of courts and tribunalsU.K.

4(1)Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, records of the following descriptions shall be public records for the purposes of this Act:—

(a)records of, or held in any department of, the Supreme Court (including any court held under a commission of assize);

(b)records of county courts and of any other superior or inferior court of record established since the passing of the M3County Courts Act 1846;

F161(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)records of courts of quarter sessions:

(e)records of magistrates’ courts;

(f)records of coroners’ courts;

(g)records of courts-martial held whether within or outside the United Kingdom by any of Her Majesty’s forces raised in the United Kingdom;

(h)records of naval courts held whether within or outside the United Kingdom under the enactments relating to merchant shipping;

(i)records of any court exercising jurisdiction held by Her Majesty within a country outside Her dominions;

(j)records of any tribunal (by whatever name called)—

(i)which has jurisdiction connected with any functions of a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom; or

(ii)which has jurisdiction in proceedings to which such a government department is a party or to hear appeals from decisions of such a government department;

(k)records of the Lands Tribunal or of any Rent Tribunal or Local Valuation Court;

(l)records of the Industrial Court, of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, and of the National Arbitration Tribunal (which was replaced by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal);

(m)records of umpires and deputy-umpires appointed under the M4National Service Act 1948, or the M5Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act 1944;

(n)records of ecclesiastical courts when exercising the testamentary and matrimonial jurisdiction removed from them by the M6Court of Probate Act 1857, and the M7Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, respectively;

[F162(nn)records of the Information Tribunal;]

(o)records of such other courts or tribunals (by whatever name called) as the Lord Chancellor may by order contained in a statutory instrument specify.

(2)This paragraph shall not apply to any court or tribunal whose jurisdiction extends only to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(3)In this paragraph “records” includes records of any proceedings in the court or tribunal in question and includes rolls, writs, books, decrees, bills, warrants and accounts of, or in the custody of, the court or tribunal in question.

Records of the Chancery of EnglandU.K.

5The records of the Chancery of England [F163, other than any which are Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of Wales Act 1998),] shall be public records for the purposes of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F163Words in Sch. 1 para. 5 inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(4) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

Records in Public Record OfficeU.K.

6Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, public records for the purposes of this Act shall include—

(a)all records within the meaning of the M8Public Record Office Act 1838, or to which that Act was applied, which at the commencement of this Act are in the custody of the Master of the Rolls in pursuance of that Act, and

(b)all records (within the meaning of the said Act or to which that Act was applied) which at the commencement of this Act are in the Public Record Office and, in pursuance of the said Act, under the charge and superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and

(c)all records forming part of the same series as any series of documents falling under sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph [F164other than any which are Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of Wales Act 1998)].

Textual Amendments

F164Words in Sch. 1 para. 6 inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(5) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

Marginal Citations

Power to add further categories of records and to determine cases of doubtU.K.

7(1)Without prejudice to the Lord Chancellor’s power of making orders under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any description of records not falling within the foregoing provisions of this Schedule [F165and not being Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of Wales Act 1998)] shall be treated as public records for the purposes of this Act but no recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this sub-paragraph unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

(2)A question whether any records or description of records are public records for the purposes of this Act shall be referred to and determined by the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chancellor shall include his decisions on such questions in his annual report to Parliament and shall from time to time compile and publish lists of the departments, bodies, establishments, courts and tribunals comprised in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Schedule and lists describing more particularly the categories of records which are, or are not, public records as defined in this Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F165Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1) inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(6) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

InterpretationU.K.

8U.K.It is hereby declared that any description of government department, court, tribunal or other body or establishment in this Schedule by reference to which a class of public records is framed extends to a government department, court, tribunal or other body or establishment, as the case may be, which has ceased to exist, whether before or after the passing of this Act.

Section 5.

SECOND SCHEDULEU.K. Enactments prohibiting disclosure of information obtained from the public

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The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946Section 56 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 59)
The Statistics of Trade Act 1947Section 9 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 39)
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The Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947Section 5 (10 &11 Geo. 6. c. 40)
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. . . . . . F173
. . . F174 . . . F174 . . . F174
. . . F175 . . . F175
[F176The Agricultural Statistics Act 1979Section 3]
[F177The Film Levy Finance act 1981][F177Section 8]

F178THIRD SCHEDULEU.K.

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F179FOURTH SCHEDULEU.K.

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