Part I

Local Government Reorganisation
Chapter 7

Miscellaneous

Records held by local authorities.
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Where a local authority hold records relating to the property or functions of any other local authority, that other authority shall, subject to any arrangements made under section 58 of this Act or section 56 of the 1973 Act by the two authorities—
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be entitled to free access to, and copies of, any such records; and
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pay to the local authority holding the records such proportion of the costs incurred by that authority in preserving and managing the records—
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as the authorities may agree; or
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as may, failing such agreement, be determined by the Secretary of State.
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The Keeper shall be entitled to free access to any records held by a local authority.
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For the purposes of this section and section 54 of this Act “records” includes charters, deeds, minutes, accounts and other documents, and any other records, of whatever form and in whatever medium, which convey information, but does not include records which are the property of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland.
Pt. I (ss. 1-61) applied (1.4.1996) by 1990 c. 35, s. 21(5) (as inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 164(2)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))
S. 53(1)-(3) repealed (1.1.2013) by Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 12), ss. 14(b), 16(1); S.S.I. 2012/247, art. 2