Disapplication of the Public Records Act 19584
1
The records specified in paragraph (2) shall not be treated as public records for the purposes of the Public Records Act 19582.
2
The records are—
a
records held by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and transferred to him by a transfer scheme under section 409 of the 1999 Act made in consequence of any of the following provisions of that Act—
i
section 349 (abolition of joint planning committee for Greater London);
ii
section 374 (abolition of London Ecology Committee);
iii
section 396(10) (revocation of scheme about research and collection of information under section 88(1) of the Local Government Act 19853); and
b
records created before 3rd July 2000 by persons who entered the employment of the Secretary of State pursuant to any such transfer scheme—
i
exclusively in connection with any purpose of the 1999 Act, and
ii
before 3rd July 2000.