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The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2009

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2009 No. 1744

Public Records

The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2009

Made

8th July 2009

Laid before Parliament

15th July 2009

Coming into force

1st September 2009

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of July

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by paragraph 3A of Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958(1), orders as follows:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2009.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1st September 2009.

Amendment to Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958

2.  In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records), in Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, insert at the appropriate place—

Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Economic and Social Research Council.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Medical Research Council.

Natural Environment Research Council..

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 by adding entries for—

  • Arts and Humanities Research Council

  • Economic and Social Research Council

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  • Medical Research Council

  • Natural Environment Research Council.

As a result, the administrative and departmental records of each of these bodies become public records.

(1)

1958 c. 51. Paragraph 3A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36).

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