Transfer of functions from the Lord Chancellor to the Secretary of StateI16
1
The following functions of the Lord Chancellor are transferred to the Secretary of State—
b
functions under a provision of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is listed in paragraph (3),
c
functions under regulation 17(1)(a) and (4)(a) of the Environmental Information Regulations 200419 (requirements to be consulted about disclosure of public records), and
d
functions under sections 147(1), (4) and (5) and 148(1)(f) and (4)(a) of the Government of Wales Act 200620 (functions in connection with responsibility for Welsh public records).
2
The provisions of the Public Records Act 1958 referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are—
a
section 1(1), (2) and (3) (general responsibility for execution of Act and for public records),
b
section 2(1), (4)(g) and (5) (functions in relation to the Public Record Office),
c
section 3(4) and (5) to (7)21 (selection and preservation of public records),
d
section 4(1) to (5) (appointment of places of deposit of public records),
e
section 5(5)22 (arrangements for inspection of public records in appointed places of deposit),
f
section 6 (approval of destruction or other disposal of public records in certain circumstances), and
g
paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 (determining whether records are public records for purposes of the Act).
3
The provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are—
a
section 46(1), (3), (5) and (6)23 (code of practice providing guidance in connection with keeping, management and destruction of records),
b
section 65(1)(a) (requirement to be consulted about proposal to refuse request for information contained in a historical record), and
c
section 66(5)(a) (requirement to be consulted about whether public interest exemption applies to information contained in a transferred public record).