Part VA Access to Meetings and Documents of Certain Authorities, Committees and Sub-Committees.
F1F2100J Application to new authorities, Common Council, etc.
(1)
Except in this section, F3and subject as follows, any reference in this Part to a principal council includes a reference to—
F4(a)
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(b)
a joint authority;
F5(ba)
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F6(bb)
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F7(bc)
an economic prosperity board;
(bd)
a combined authority;
F8(bda)
a combined county authority;
F9(be)
Transport for London;
F10(bf)
a sub-national transport body;
(c)
the Common Council;
F11(cc)
The Broads Authority;
F12(cd)
a National Park authority;
(d)
a joint board or joint committee falling within subsection (2) below;
F13(e)
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F14(eza)
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F15(ea)
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F16(f)
a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.
F17(g)
the Homes and Communities Agency so far as it is exercising functions conferred on it in relation to a designated area by virtue of a designation order.
F18(h)
a Mayoral development corporation.
(2)
A joint board or joint committee falls within this subsection if—
(a)
it is constituted under any enactment as a body corporate; and
(b)
it discharges functions of two or more principal councils;
F21(2A)
In its application by virtue of subsection (1)(g) above in relation to the Homes and Communities Agency, a reference in this Part to the offices of the council (however expressed)—
(a)
is to be treated as a reference to such premises located within the designated area as the Homes and Communities Agency considers appropriate, and
(b)
in the application of section 100A(6)(a) above to a case where the meeting is to be held at premises other than those mentioned in paragraph (a) above, includes a reference to those other premises.
F22(2B)
In section 100A, subsections (5A), (7A) to (7F) and (9) do not apply to—
F23(a)
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(b)
the Common Council other than in its capacity as a local authority or police authority;
(c)
a joint board or a joint committee falling within subsection (2) above;
(d)
the Homes and Communities Agency; or
(e)
a Mayoral development corporation.
(3)
In its application by virtue of subsection (1) above in relation to a body falling within paragraph F24. . . , (b), F25... F26...F27(bc), (bd), F28(be), F29(bf), F30(cc)F31, F32(cd), (d)F33... . . . F34, (f) or (h) of that subsection, section 100A (6)(a) above shall have effect with the insertion after the word “council” of the words “
and, if the meeting is to be held at premises other than those offices, at those premises
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.
F35(3YA)
“(bb)
a committee of Transport for London (with “committee”, in relation to Transport for London, here having the same meaning as in Schedule 10 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999); or”
F36(3ZA)
In its application by virtue of subsection (1)(g) above in relation to the Homes and Communities Agency, section 100E above shall have effect as if—
(a)
in subsection (2), paragraph (c) was omitted, and
(b)
“(a)
a committee established under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 for the purpose of exercising functions conferred on the Homes and Communities Agency in relation to a designated area by virtue of a designation order; or
(b)
a sub-committee of such a committee established under paragraph 6(2) of that Schedule to that Act for that purpose.”
F37(3ZAA)
“(a)
a committee which is established under Schedule 21 to the Localism Act 2011 by a principal council, or
(b)
a sub-committee established under that Schedule by a committee within paragraph (a).”
(3ZB)
In its application by virtue of subsection (1)(g) above in relation to the Homes and Communities Agency, section 100G(1) above shall have effect as if paragraph (a) was omitted.
F38(3A)
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(4)
In its application by virtue of subsection (1) above, section 100G(1)(a) above shall have effect—
(a)
in relation to a joint authority F39... F40, F41a sub-national transport body, an economic prosperity board, F42, a combined authority or a combined county authority F43... F44... , with the substitution for the words F45after “together with” of the words “F46the name or description of the body F47or other person that appointed him
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; and
F48(aa)
(b)
F58(4A)
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F59(4AA)
In its application by virtue of subsection (1)(be) above in relation to Transport for London, section 100G shall have effect—
(a)
“(a)
the name of every member of the council for the time being; and
(b)
the name of every member of each committee or sub-committee of the council for the time being.”, and
(b)
with the insertion in subsection (2)(b) after “exercisable” of “, but not an officer by whom such a power is exercisable at least partly as a result of sub-delegation by any officer”.
F60(4AB)
References to a principal council in Wales in this Part include—
(a)
a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;
(b)
a fire and rescue authority for an area in Wales;
(c)
a joint board or joint committee which falls within subsection (2) and which discharges functions of two or more principal councils in Wales.
F61(4B)
In this section “designated area” and “designation order” have the same meanings as in Part 1 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
F62(5)
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