Public Records Act 1958

Section 10.

FIRST SCHEDULE U.K. Definition of Public Records

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 excluded by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), s. 144(9)

Sch. 1 excluded (E.W.S.) (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 125(6); S.I. 1994/571, art. 5 (with art. 7) (which exclusion was repealed (18.7.1996) by 1996 c. 42, s. 8(2)(3))

Sch. 1 excluded (E.W.S.) (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 42, ss. 5(3), 8(3)

1 U.K. The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect for determining what are public records for the purposes of this Act.

Departmental records U.K.

2 (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, administrative and departmental records belonging to Her Majesty, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and, in particular,—

(a) records of, or held in, any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, or

(b) records of any office, commission or other body or establishment whatsoever under Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom,

shall be public records.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall not apply—

(a) to records of any government department or body which is wholly or mainly concerned with Scottish affairs, or which carries on its activities wholly or mainly in Scotland, or

(b) to registers or certified copies of entries in registers being registers or certified copies kept or deposited in the General Register Office under or in pursuance of any enactment, whether past or future, which provides for the registration of births, deaths, marriages or adoptions, or

(c) except so far as provided by paragraph 4 of this Schedule, to records of the Duchy of Lancaster, or

(d) to records of the office of the Public Trustee relating to individual trusts.

3 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) of the last foregoing paragraph, the administrative and departmental records of bodies and establishments set out in the Table at the end of this paragraph shall be public records, whether or not they are records belonging to Her Majesty.

(2) The provisions of this paragraph shall not be taken as applying to records in any museum or gallery mentioned in the said Table which form part of its permanent collections (that is to say records which the museum or gallery has acquired otherwise than by transfer from or arrangements with a government department).

TABLE

PART I
BODIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
Responsible Government Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.	Agricultural Wages Board. Agricultural Wages Committees. Organisation known as the “National Farm Survey”. Official seed testing station for England and Wales.
[F1 Ministry of Defence]	Meteorological Office.
F2 . . .	F3 . . .
[F4 Department of Health]	National Health Service Authorities [F5 including National Health Service Trusts] other than local health authorities. [F6 Family Practitioner Committees] [F7 health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977] except— records of endowments passing to Boards of Governors under section seven of the National Health Service Act 1946. records relating to funds held by Hospital Boards and Committees under sections fifty-nine and sixty of the said Act, andrecords of private patients admitted under section five of the said Act. [F8 records of property passing to [F9 Regional, Area or District] Health Authorities or special health authorities under sections 23 to 26 of the M1 National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 [F10 or section 92 of the M2 National Health Service Act 1977] records of property held by a [F11 Regional, Area or District] Health Authority or special health authority under section 21 or 22 of the said Act 1973][F12 or section 90 or 91 of the National Health Service Act 1977] [F13 records of trust property passing to a Health Authority or Special Health Authority by virtue of the Health Authorities Act 1995 or under section 92 of the National Health Service Act 1977 or held by a Health Authority under section 90 or 91 of that Act.] Welsh Board of Health.
Home Office	Office of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Office of Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
[F14 Department of Employment]	National Dock Labour Board. National Institute of Houseworkers Limited. Wages Boards and Wages Councils.
[F15 Department of Social Security]	National Insurance Advisory Committee. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. [F16 Attendance Allowance Board.] National Insurance and Industrial Injuries Joint Authorities. Workmen’s Compensation Supplementation Board. Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Board. [F17 Occupational Pensions Board] F18 . . .
[F19 Department of Transport]	Air Transport Advisory Council. Air Registration Board. [F20 Airworthiness Requirements Board, Civil Aviation Authority.]
[F21 Lord Chancellor’s Department]	[F22 Legal Aid Board]

PART II

OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS

• [F23 [F24 Adult Learning Inspectorate]]

• Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board.

• [F25 Armouries]

• [F26 The Big Lottery Fund.]

• [F27 The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.]

• [F28 The Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside.]

• [F29 British Coal Corporation]

• [F30 British Council.]

• British Museum (including the Natural History Museum).

• [F31 Care Council for Wales.]

• [F32 the Care Quality Commission.]

• Catering Wages Commission.

• [F33 Central Police Training and Development Authority]

• [F34 Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.]

• [F35 Civil Nuclear Police Authority.]

• [F36 Coal Authority]

• Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation.

• [F37 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.]

• [F38 The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.]

• [F39 [F40 Commission for Health Improvement.]]

• [F41 Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection]

• [F42 Commission on Industrial Relations]

• [F43 Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.]

• [F44 Commission for Rural Communities.]

• [F45 Commission for Social Care Inspection]

• [F46 The Committee on Climate Change.]

• [F47 Competition Commission.]

• [F48 Competition Service]

• [F49 [F50 Consumer Council for Postal Services.]]

• [F51 Consumer Council for Water.]

• [F52 Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals.]

• [F53 [F54 Countryside Council for Wales]]

• [F55 Criminal Cases Review Commission]

• [F56 Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations (before and after their reconstitution as a body corporate)] except when acting for governments or authorities outside Her Majesty’s dominions.

• [F57 Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board.]

• [F58 [F59 Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales]]

• [F60 [F61 the Data Protection Commissioner]]

• [F62 A development agency established under section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998.]

• Development Commission.

• [F63 Director of Fair Access to Higher Education]

• [F64 [F65 Disability Rights Commission.]]

• [F66 Electoral Commission.]

• F67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F68 [F69 English Nature.]]

• [F70 The Environment Agency]

• [F71 Funding Agency for Schools]

• [F72 Further Education Funding Council for England.]

• [F73 [F72 Further Education Funding Council for Wales.]]

• [F49 [F74 Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.]]

• [F75 General Social Care Council.]

• [F76 General Teaching Council for England.]

• [F77 General Teaching Council for Wales.]

• [F72 Higher Education Funding Council for England.]

• [F78 [F72 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.]]

• [F79 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England]

• [F80 The Homes and Communities Agency.]

• [F81 Human Tissue Authority.]

• Imperial War Museum.

• [F82 Information Commissioner.]

• Irish Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Land Trust.

• [F83 Learning and Skills Council for England.]

• [F84 The Legal Services Board.]

• [F85 The Legal Services Consultative Panel.]

• [F86 The Legal Services Ombudsman]

• [F87 Local Better Regulation Office.]

• London Museum.

• [F88 The Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct]

• F89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F90 [F91 Millennium Commission.]]

• [F92 [F93 Monopolies and Mergers Commission.]]

• [F94 National Audit Office]

• [F39 [F95 National Care Standards Commission]]

• F96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F97 The National Consumer Council.]

• National Gallery.

• [F90 [F98 National Lottery Charities Board.]]

• [F99 National Lottery Commission.]

• National Maritime Museum.

• [F68 [F100 Countryside Agency]]

• [F101 National Policing Improvement Agency.]

• National Portrait Gallery.

• National Savings Committee.

• [F102 Natural England.]

• [F103 [F104 Nature Conservancy Council for England]]

• [F90 [F105 New Opportunities Fund.]]

• [F106 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.]

• [F107 Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority.]

• [F108 Office of Communications.]

• [F109 Office of [F110 the Director General of Fair Trading.]]

• [F111 Office of Fair Trading.]

• [F112 Office for Tenants and Social Landlords.]

• [F113 Olympic Delivery Authority.]

• [F114 Olympic Lottery Distributor.]

• [F115 The Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund.]

• [F116 Pensions Compensation Board.]

• [F117 Pensions Ombudsman.]

• [F118 The Pensions Regulator.]

• [F119 Personal Accounts Delivery Authority]

• [F120 Police Information Technology Organisation]

• [F121 Post Office].

• [F122 Post Office company (within the meaning of Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000).]

• [F123 Qualifications and Curriculum Authority]

• [F124 [F125 Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales]]

• [F126 Rail Passengers’ Committees.]

• [F127 Rail Passengers’ Council.]

• Remploy Limited.

• [F128 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]

• Royal Greenwich Observatory.

• [F129 School Curriculum and Assessment Authority]

• [F130 [F71 Schools Funding Council for Wales]]

• [F131 Science Museum]

• [F132 Security Industry Authority.]

• [F133 Serious Organised Crime Agency.]

• [F134 [F135 The Service Authority for the National Crime Squad.]]

• [F136 [F137 The Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service.]]

• [F138 The Simpler Trade Procedures Board.]

• Tate Gallery.

• [F139 [F140 Teacher Training Agency]]

• [F141 Technology Strategy Board.]

• [F142 Traffic Director for London]

• [F143 Training and Development Agency for Schools]

• F144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Trustee Savings Banks Inspection Committee.

• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

• University Grants Committee.

• [F145 Valuation Tribunal Service.]

• [F146 Victoria and Albert Museum]

• Wallace Collection.

• War Works Commission.

• Any body established for the purpose of determining the boundaries of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or of local authorities in England [F147 or Wales].

Editorial Information

X1 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: due to the large number of entries contained in Pt. II of the Table and the frequency with which it has been amended, new versions are created less frequently than is usual SLD practice. This version of this provision contains details of amendments coming into force on or after 1.4.1994 and before 1.1.2009 (repealed text is retained). For previous amendment history, please refer to earlier versions.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), ss. 1, 3(2)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt.I entries repealed by National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47, SIF 78), s.40, Sch. 6

F3 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt.I entries repealed by National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47, SIF 78), s.40, Sch. 6

F4 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1988/1843, art. 2

F5 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words inserted (E.W.S) by National Health Service and Community care Act 1990 (c.19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch.9 para.6(a)

F6 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I entry inserted (E.W.) by S.I.1985/39, art.4

F7 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I: for the words "National health service hospitals" there are substituted (E.W.S) the words "health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977" by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(b)

F8 Words inserted by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 82

F9 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by Health Services Act 1980 (c.53,SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12

F10 Words added (E.W.) (N.I.) by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Sch. 15 para. 22

F11 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by Health Services Act 1980 (c.53,SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12

F12 Words added (E.W.) (N.I.) by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Sch. 15 para. 22

F13 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 3 Table Pt. I: Words in entry relating to Department of Health inserted (28.6.1995 for certain purposes and 1.4.1996 otherwise) by 1995 c. 17, s. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 90 (with Sch. 2 para. 6)

F14 Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1959/1769 (1959 I, p. 1795), art. 2(1), 1968/729 art. 3(2) and 1970/1537 art. 3

F15 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I words substituted by virtue of S.I.1988/1843, art. 3

F16 Words inserted by National Insurance (Old persons' and widows' pensions and attendance allowance) Act 1970 (c. 51), Sch. 2 para. 2 and by Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), Sch. 27 para. 19(b)

F17 Words inserted by Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), Sch. 27 para. 19(a)

F18 Words repealed by Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), Sch. 5

F19 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1959/1768 (1959 I, p.1793), arts. 2(1), 4(1), 1966/741, arts. 2(1), 3(1), 1966/1015, arts.2(1), 3, 1970/1537, arts. 2(1), 7(4), 1974/692, arts. 2(3), 5(3) and 1983/1127, art.2

F20 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt.I words included by virtue of Civil Aviation Act 1982 c.16,SIF 9), Sch. 15 para.3

F21 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words inserted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34,SIF 77:1), s. 45, Sch. 5 para. 1

F22 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. I Words inserted by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34,SIF 77:1), s. 45, Sch. 5 para. 1

F23 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 157, 184, 188, Sch. 14 para. 1, Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(gg)(ii)

F24 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (28.7.2000 in so far as consequential on ss. 130, 131 or Sch. 8 of the amending Act and 3.8.2000 otherwise) by 2000 c. 21, s. 149, Sch. 9 para. 2; S.I. 2000/2114, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I

F25 Table Pt. II: entries inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F26 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted by 1993 c. 39, Sch. 4A para. 15 (as inserted (1.8.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 14, 22, Sch. 2; S.I. 2006/2177, art. 2)

F27 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319, 322, Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7 (subject to art. 2(12))

F28 Table Pt. II: entry inserted by S.I. 1990/1765, art. 3(2)

F29 Table Pt. II: entry inserted by Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3, SIF 86), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 6

F30 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/438), art. 2

F31 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 54, 66, Sch. 1 para. 22; S.I. 2000/2992, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

F32 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.2008) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170(3), Sch. 5 para. 54(b); S.I. 2008/2497, art. 2(l)(q)(i)

F33 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 102, Sch. 4 para. 1; S.I. 2002/533, art. 2(d)

F34 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (10.6.2008 for certain purposes and 24.7.2008 otherwise) by Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (c. 6), ss. 1, 62, Sch. 1 para. 24; S.I. 2008/1476, art. 2(1); S.I. 2008/2033, art. 2(1)

F35 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.3.2005) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 69, 198(2), Sch. 14 para. 1; S.I. 2005/442, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F36 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 6 (with ss. 40(7), 66); S.I. 1994/2553, s. 68(2)(d), art. 2

F37 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2006) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 87, 108, Sch. 2 para. 12; S.I. 2005/3439, art. 2

F38 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (18.4.2006) inserted by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 2, 93, Sch. 1 para. 47; S.I. 2006/1082, art. 2(a)(l)

F39 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 196, 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 2; S.I. 2004/759, art. 13(2)(a)

F40 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.11.1999 for E.W. and 11.5.2001 for S.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 19, 67(2), Sch. 2 para. 15; S.I. 1999/2793, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 2; S.I. 2001/1985, art. 2(3)(a)

F41 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (8.1.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 147, 199, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 2003/3346, art. 5

F42 Entry inserted (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 16 Pt. IV para. 6

F43 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2003) by 2002 c. 17, s. 20(11), Sch. 6 para. 16; S.I. 2002/3190, art. 2(2)(a)

F44 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1), 107, Sch. 11 para. 34(2); S.I. 2006/1176, art. 4

F45 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2004 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 147, 199, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 2003/3346, art. 3

F46 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (26.11.2008) by Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27), ss. 32(2), 100(1), Sch. 1 para. 28

F47 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/506, art. 11

F48 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 3(2)(b); S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

F49 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.10.2008) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 64, 66, Sch. 8; S.I. 2008/2550, art. 2, Sch. (subject to art. 3)

F50 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(4), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 8; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

F51 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 16; S.I. 2005/2714, art. 2(l)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 8)

F52 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 17, s. 25(4), Sch. 7 para. 20; S.I. 2002/2202, art. 2(2)(b)

F53 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F54 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46), s. 128(5), Sch. 6 para. 17; S.I. 1991/685, art. 3

F55 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (31.3.1997) by 1995 c. 35, s. 29(1), Sch. 2 para. 3; S.I. 1997/402, art. 3(e) (with art. 4)

F56 Words substituted by Crown Agents Act 1979 (c. 43), s. 32(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F57 Entry inserted by Crown Agents Act 1979 (c. 43), s. 32(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F58 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F59 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry substituted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 253(2), Sch. 15 para. 1; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

F60 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 18(4), 86, 87(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 3(1), Sch. 8 Pt. II (with ss. 7(1)(7), 56, 78)

F61 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry substituted (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 29, s. 74(1), Sch. 15 para. 1(1); S.I. 2000/183, art. 2(1)

F62 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (25.11.1998 for the purposes of regional development agencies established on that date and 3.7.2000 otherwise) by 1998 c. 45, ss. 32, 43, Sch. 7 para. 1; S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)

F63 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.7.2004) by Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), ss. 49, 52(1), Sch. 6 para. 1

F64 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.10.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 91, 93, Sch. 3 para. 1, Sch. 4; S.I. 2007/2603, art. 2

F65 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/438), art. 2

F66 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 158(1), Sch. 21 para. 1; S.I. 2001/222, art. 2 Sch. 1 Pt. I

F67 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to "Employment Service Agency", "Manpower Services Commission" and "Training Services Agency" repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 125, Sch. 18

F68 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1)(2), 107, Sch. 11 para. 34(3), Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)

F69 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 73(4), 103(2), Sch. 8 para. 2(a)

F70 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (28.7.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 4 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/1983, art. 2

F71 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para. 34; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

F72 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (6.5.1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93, Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 68; S.I. 1992/831, art.2, Sch. 1

F73 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F74 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.11.2000) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 42; S.I. 2000/2917, art. 2, Sch.

F75 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (7.5.2001 for E.) by 2000 c. 14, s. 6, Sch. 1 para. 22; S.I. 2001/1536, art. 2(2)

F76 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2000) by 1998 c. 30, s. 44(1), Sch. 3 para. 1 (with s. 42(8)); S.I. 2000/970, art. 3

F77 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2000) by 1998 c. 30, s. 44(1), Sch. 3 para. 1 (with s. 42(8)); S.I. 2000/970, art. 3

F78 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F79 Table Pt. II: entries inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F80 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (8.9.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 56, 325, Sch. 8 para. 1; S.I. 2008/2358, arts. 1(2), 2

F81 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2005) by Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30), ss. 13, 60, Sch. 2 para. 23; S.I. 2005/919, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 2)

F82 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 18(4), 87(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 3(1) (with ss. 7(1)(7), 56, 78)

F83 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2000) by 2000 c. 21, s. 149, Sch. 9 para. 2; S.I. 2000/2114, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. III

F84 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 2, 211, Sch. 1 para. 32 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(b)(h)

F85 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.1.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 35(5); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(a)

F86 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 1(1); S.I. 1990/2484, art. 2, Sch. 2

F87 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.2008) by Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (c. 13), ss. 1(3), 76(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2008/2371, art. 2(a)

F88 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 1(1); S.I. 1991/608, art. 2, Sch.

F89 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to "Employment Service Agency", "Manpower Services Commission" and "Training Services Agency" repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 125, Sch. 18

F90 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.12.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 21, 22, Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3201, art. 2(e)

F91 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II inserted (25.10.1993) by 1993 c. 39. s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 13; S.I. 1993/2632, art. 2

F92 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry relating to "Monopolies Commission" repealed (1.4.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/506, art. 11

F93 Words substituted by virtue of Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41), s. 4(1)

F94 Table Pt. II: entry inserted by National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44, SIF 99:1), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 4

F95 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (9.4.2001 for E.) by 2000 c. 14, s. 6, Sch. 1 para. 22; S.I. 2001/1193, art. 2(3)

F96 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: the words "National Coal Board" repealed by Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3, SIF 86), s. 10(3), Sch. 3 Pt. II

F97 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (21.12.2007) by Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17), ss. 1, 66, Sch. 1 para. 36(1) (with s. 6(9)); S.I. 2007/3546, art. 3, Sch.

F98 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 14(1), 27(5)

F99 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 8; S.I. 1999/650, art. 2

F100 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry substituted (20.2.1999) by S.I. 1999/416, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 2

F101 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 1, 53, Sch. 1 para. 49; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3 (subject to arts. 6, 7)

F102 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (2.5.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1), 107, Sch. 11 para. 34(2); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2

F103 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 73(4), 102, 103(2), Sch. 8 para. 2(a), Sch. 16 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(1)(d)

F104 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46), s. 128(5), Sch. 6 para. 17; S.I. 1991/685, art. 3

F105 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted by 1993 c. 39, s. 43A, Sch. 6A para. 10 (as inserted (2.7.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 7, 27(4)(c), Sch. 2)

F106 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (27.7.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 2, 198(2), Sch. 1 para. 14; S.I. 2004/1973, art. 2, Sch.

F107 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 151, Sch. 5 para. 1(b); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II

F108 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.7.2002) by 2002 c. 11, s. 1, Sch. para. 23; S.I. 2002/1483, art. 2

F109 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 3(2)(b), Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

F110 Words substituted by Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41), Sch. 12

F111 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 3(2)(b); S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)

F112 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (8.9.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 277, 325, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 2008/2358, arts. 1(2), 3(1)(2)

F113 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (30.3.2006) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (c. 12), ss. 3, 40(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 22

F114 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (8.7.2005) by Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (c. 25), ss. 29, 40, Sch. 5 para. 16; S.I. 2005/1831, art. 2

F115 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319, 322, Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7 (subject to art. 2(12))

F116 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 151, Sch. 5 para. 1(b); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II

F117 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (2.10.1995) by 1995 c. 26, s. 173, Sch. 6 para. 1; S.I. 1995/2548, art. 2

F118 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319, 322, Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7 (subject to art. 2(12))

F119 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (26.7.2007) by Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), ss. 20, 30(1)(c), Sch. 6 para. 22

F120 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 3; S.I. 1997/1930, art. 3(2)(x)

F121 Words added by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 75(1)

F122 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (6.11.2000) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(4), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 8; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F123 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1), Sch. 7 para. 1; S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2(3), Sch. 1 Pt. III

F124 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F125 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1), Sch. 7 para. 1; S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2(3), Sch. 1 Pt. III

F126 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 229, Sch. 23 para. 10; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3 Sch. 3 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 Pt. II)

F127 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 229, Sch. 23 para. 10; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3 Sch. 3 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 Pt. II)

F128 Table Pt. II: entries inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F129 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para. 34; S.I. 1993/1975, art. 9, Sch. 1

F130 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(3), Sch. 31; S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F131 Table Pt. II: entries inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F132 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by 2001 c. 12, s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 18; S.I. 2002/3125, art. 3(d)

F133 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178, Sch. 4 para. 6(a); S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

F134 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174,178, Sch. 4 para. 6(b), {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(d) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

F135 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 128, Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 55; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(k) (with art. 4)

F136 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174,178, Sch. 4 para. 6(b), {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(d) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

F137 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries inserted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 128, Sch. 6 Pt. III para. 55; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(k) (with art. 4)

F138 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2003) by The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/438), art. 2

F139 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry repealed (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 123, 125(3)(b), Sch. 19 Pt. 3

F140 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (21.9.1994) by 1994 c. 30, s. 24, Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 1994/2204, art. 2

F141 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.2.2008) by The Public Records (Technology Strategy Board) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3466), art. 2(2)

F142 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:2), s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 10 (with s. 79(1)); S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3, Sch.

F143 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 98, 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 1

F144 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to "Employment Service Agency", "Manpower Services Commission" and "Training Services Agency" repealed (E.W.S.) by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 125, Sch. 18

F145 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entry inserted (1.4.2004) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 105, 128, Sch. 4 para. 21; S.I. 2003/2938, art. 6(a) (subject to art. 8, Sch.)

F146 Table Pt. II: entries inserted by National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47, SIF 78), s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 3

F147 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: words in entry repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. II (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Sch. 1 Table Pt. 1: reference to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food extended by S.I. 1978/272, art. 11(6)

C3 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: Public Records Act 1958 shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if British Telecommunications were included amongst the bodies and establishments set out in Part II of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act by virtue of British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), ss. 1(2), 56(1) (which amending provisions were repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. II (with saving relating to the operation of s. 56 of the 1981 Act in Sch. 5 para. 44))

C4 Sch. 1 para. 3 Table Pt. II: entries relating to Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, Funding Agency for Schools, School Curriculum and Assessment Authority and Schools Funding Council for Wales continued (1.11.1996) by virtue of 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c. 32.

M2 1977 c. 49.

Valid from 30/11/2000

[F148 3A (1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of this Schedule by adding to either Part of the Table an entry relating to any body or establishment— U.K.

(a) which, at the time when the Order is made, is specified in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments, etc. subject to investigation), or

(b) in respect of which an entry could, at that time, be added to Schedule 2 to that Act by an Order in Council under section 4 of that Act (which confers power to amend that Schedule).

(2) An Order in Council under this paragraph may relate to a specified body or establishment or to bodies or establishments falling within a specified description.

(3) An Order in Council under this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F148 Sch. 1 para. 3A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 67, 87(1)(j), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 4 (with ss. 56, 78)

Records of courts and tribunals U.K.

4 (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, records of the following descriptions shall be public records for the purposes of this Act:—

(a) records of, or held in any department of, the Supreme Court (including any court held under a commission of assize);

(b) records of county courts and of any other superior or inferior court of record established since the passing of the M3 County Courts Act 1846;

F149 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) records of courts of quarter sessions:

(e) records of magistrates’ courts;

(f) records of coroners’ courts;

(g) records of courts-martial held whether within or outside the United Kingdom by any of Her Majesty’s forces raised in the United Kingdom;

(h) records of naval courts held whether within or outside the United Kingdom under the enactments relating to merchant shipping;

(i) records of any court exercising jurisdiction held by Her Majesty within a country outside Her dominions;

(j) records of any tribunal (by whatever name called)—

(i) which has jurisdiction connected with any functions of a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom; or

(ii) which has jurisdiction in proceedings to which such a government department is a party or to hear appeals from decisions of such a government department;

(k) records of the Lands Tribunal or of any Rent Tribunal or Local Valuation Court;

(l) records of the Industrial Court, of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, and of the National Arbitration Tribunal (which was replaced by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal);

(m) records of umpires and deputy-umpires appointed under the M4 National Service Act 1948, or the M5 Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act 1944;

(n) records of ecclesiastical courts when exercising the testamentary and matrimonial jurisdiction removed from them by the M6 Court of Probate Act 1857, and the M7 Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, respectively;

(o) records of such other courts or tribunals (by whatever name called) as the Lord Chancellor may by order contained in a statutory instrument specify.

(2) This paragraph shall not apply to any court or tribunal whose jurisdiction extends only to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(3) In this paragraph “records” includes records of any proceedings in the court or tribunal in question and includes rolls, writs, books, decrees, bills, warrants and accounts of, or in the custody of, the court or tribunal in question.

Textual Amendments

F149 Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(c) repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. II

Marginal Citations

M3 1846 c. 95.

M4 1948 c. 64.

M5 1944 c. 15.

M6 1857 c. 77.

M7 1857 c. 85.

Records of the Chancery of England U.K.

5 The records of the Chancery of England shall be public records for the purposes of this Act.

Records in Public Record Office U.K.

6 Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, public records for the purposes of this Act shall include—

(a) all records within the meaning of the M8 Public Record Office Act 1838, or to which that Act was applied, which at the commencement of this Act are in the custody of the Master of the Rolls in pursuance of that Act, and

(b) all records (within the meaning of the said Act or to which that Act was applied) which at the commencement of this Act are in the Public Record Office and, in pursuance of the said Act, under the charge and superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and

(c) all records forming part of the same series as any series of documents falling under sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M8 1838 c. 94.

Power to add further categories of records and to determine cases of doubt U.K.

7 (1) Without prejudice to the Lord Chancellor’s power of making orders under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any description of records not falling within the foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall be treated as public records for the purposes of this Act but no recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this sub-paragraph unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

(2) A question whether any records or description of records are public records for the purposes of this Act shall be referred to and determined by the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chancellor shall include his decisions on such questions in his annual report to Parliament and shall from time to time compile and publish lists of the departments, bodies, establishments, courts and tribunals comprised in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Schedule and lists describing more particularly the categories of records which are, or are not, public records as defined in this Schedule.

Interpretation U.K.

8 U.K. It is hereby declared that any description of government department, court, tribunal or other body or establishment in this Schedule by reference to which a class of public records is framed extends to a government department, court, tribunal or other body or establishment, as the case may be, which has ceased to exist, whether before or after the passing of this Act.