Yn ddilys o 19/01/2011
(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—
“(a)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.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 80A inserted (19.1.2011 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), ss. 46(1), 52(2), Sch. 7 para. 6; S.I. 2011/46, art. 3(b)(iv) (with art. 4)