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.