{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-executive-arrangements-access-to-information-england-regulations-2000/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-executive-arrangements-access-to-information-england-regulations-2000/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3272",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-executive-arrangements-access-to-information-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Additional rights of access to documents for members of overview and scrutiny committees",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a member of an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority shall be entitled to a copy of any document which—\n(a) is in the possession or under the control of the executive of that authority; and\n(b) contains material relating to—\n(i) any business that has been transacted at a private meeting or a public meeting of a decision making body of that authority;\n(ii) any decision that has been made by an individual member of that executive in accordance with executive arrangements; or\n(iii) any key decision that has been made by an officer of the authority in accordance with executive arrangements.\n(2) No member of an overview and scrutiny committee shall be entitled to a copy—\n(a) of such document or part of a document as contains exempt or confidential information unless that information is relevant to;\n(i) an action or decision that he is reviewing or scrutinising; or which is relevant to any review contained in any programme of work of such a committee or sub-committee of the committee; or\n(ii) of a document or part of a document containing advice provided by a political adviser or assistant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/716",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Amendment Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3272/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:08:54.462057+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}