CASE OF ORR v. NORWAY
After section 100 of the Local Government Act 1972 there shall be inserted the following—.
After Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 there shall be inserted, as Schedule 12A, the Schedule set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act.
After section 50 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 there shall be inserted the following—.
After Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 there shall be inserted, as Schedule 7A, the Schedule set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act.
The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.
The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Except for this section and section 3 in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
This Act shall come into force on 1st April 1986.
This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985.
Section 3.
Section 3. Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 67. Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960. In section 1(1), the words “local authority or other”. Section 2(2). In the Schedule, paragraph 1(aa), (ab) and (d) and paragraph 2(a), (b), (c) and (f). 1972 c. 70. Local Government Act 1972. In section 100(2) the words from “to any committee constituted” to “101(9) below and”. 1973 c. 65. Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. Section 44. In section 197, subsection (1).
Sections 1 and 2.
In section 8 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (constitution and powers of fire authorities constituted by combination schemes) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
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The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 shall be amended as follows. In section 1(1), the words “local authority or other” shall be omitted and for the words “an authority or other body” there shall be substituted the words “a body”. Section 2(2) shall be omitted. In the Schedule (which defines the bodies to which the Act applies) for paragraph 1(a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—. In paragraph 1 of the Schedule, paragraphs (aa) and (ab) (as inserted by the Local Government Act 1985) and (d) shall be omitted. In paragraph 1(h) of the Schedule, for the words “police authorities” there shall be substituted the words “bodies to which sections 100A to 100D of the Local Government Act 1972 apply, whether or not by virtue of section 100E or 100J of that Act”. In paragraph 2 of the Schedule, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) shall be omitted.
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In section 100 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which applies the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 in relation to all committees of local authorities)— In section 228 of that Act (inspection of documents)—
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or under section 100B(7) of the 1972 Act (which makes similar provision); or and Part VA of the 1972 Act shall have effect in relation to the report as if in section 100C(a)(d) 1of that Act (by virtue of which only so much of a report as relates to proceedings open to the public is open to public inspection after the meeting) the words ”so much of’ and from ”as relates’ onwards were omitted.