2 Application of Act, and consequential provisions.E+W+S
(1)This Act shall apply to the bodies specified in the Schedule to this Act, and to such bodies as may for the time being be added to that Schedule by order made under subsection (3) below; and where this Act applies to a body, [F1the foregoing section][F1sections 1 and 1A] shall apply in relation to any committee of the body whose members consist of or include all members of the body, [F2as that section applies] [F2as they apply] in relation to the body itself, but so that for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (4) [F3of that section][F3of section 1] premises belonging to the body shall be treated as belonging to the committee.
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(3)Any body established by or under any Act may be added to the Schedule to this Act, and any body so added may be removed from the Schedule, by order of the appropriate Minister made by statutory instrument, but a statutory instrument made by a Minister under this section shall be of no effect unless it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament; and for this purpose the appropriate Minister is, in the case of any body, the Minister of the Crown in charge of the Government department concerned or primarily concerned with the matters dealt with by that body, but an order made under this subsection by any Minister of the Crown shall be effective, whether or not he is the appropriate Minister.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.8.2014) by The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2095), regs. 1, 3(8)(a)
F2Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.8.2014) by The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2095), regs. 1, 3(8)(b)
F3Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.8.2014) by The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2095), regs. 1, 3(8)(c)
F4 S. 2(2) repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2) , s. 3 , Sch. 2 para. 4(3) , Sch. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 S. 2(1) saved (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) , s. 100(2)
C2S. 2(1) modified (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 181(14), 306(1)(d), (4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)