The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000

Inspection of documents following executive decisions

5.—(1) Subject to regulation 21, after a private meeting or a public meeting of a decision making body at which an executive decision has been made, after an individual member has made an executive decision or after an officer has made a key decision the proper officer shall ensure that a copy of—

(a) any records prepared in accordance with regulations 3 or 4; and

(b) any report considered at the meeting or, as the case may be, considered by the individual member or officer and relevant to a decision recorded in accordance with regulations 3 or 4 or, where only part of the report is relevant to such a decision, that part,

shall be available for inspection by members of the public, as soon as is reasonably practicable, at the offices of the relevant local authority.

(2) Where a request on behalf of a newspaper is made for a copy of any of the documents available for public inspection under paragraph (1), those documents shall be supplied for the benefit of the newspaper by the local authority on payment by the newspaper to the local authority of postage, copying or other necessary charge for transmission.