{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-bodies-admission-to-meetings-act-1960/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-bodies-admission-to-meetings-act-1960/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/67",
  "legislation_title": "Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-bodies-admission-to-meetings-act-1960",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The bodies to which in England and Wales this Act applies are—\n(a) parish or community councils, the Council of the Isles of Scilly and joint boards or joint committees which discharge functions of any of those bodies (or of any of those bodies and of a principal council, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1972, or a body falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 100J(1) of that Act)\naa)(ab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) the parish meetings of rural parishes;\n(ba) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bd) the Care Council for Wales;\n(bca) the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care;\n(bcb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(be) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bf) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bj) the Care Quality Commission;\n(bja) the Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care, Wales;\n(bk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bl) Local Healthwatch organisations, as regards the carrying-on of activities specified in section 221(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (local care services);\n(bm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(bn) the Health Research Authority;\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(fa) NHS England, except as regards the exercise of functions under the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992, or any regulations amending or replacing those Regulations;\n(g) if the order establishing a Special Health Authority so provides, the Special Health Authority;\n(gg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(gh) Local Health Boards;\n(h) bodies not mentioned above but having, within the meaning of the Public Works Loans Act, 1875, power to levy a rate (other than bodies to which sections 100A to 100D of the Local Government Act 1972 apply, whether or not by virtue of section 100E or 100J of that Act).\n(i) Regional Flood and Coastal Committees ;\n(ia) the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee established by section 26B of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010;\n(j) advisory committees established and maintained under section 12 or 13 of the Environment Act 1995;\n(k) regional committees of the Consumer Council for Water established under section 27A of the Water Industry Act 1991.\n(l) National Health Service trusts established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.\n(m) the Wales Centre for Health;\n(n) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;\n(o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(p) an integrated care board established under section 14Z25 of the National Health Service Act 2006;\n(q) the Health Services Safety Investigations Body;\n(r) the Infected Blood Compensation Authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 (a) substituted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 (aa)(ab) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 37 and repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(5), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(ba) omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(2), 7, Sch. 2 para. 2 (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bb) repealed (1.10.1998) by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bc) repealed (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 2; S.I. 2004/759, art. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bd)(be)(bf) inserted (1.4.2001 for W. in so far as it relates to the council; 9.4.2001 for E. as far as it relates to the National Care Standards Commission; 7.5.2001 for E. as far as it relates to the General Social Care Council and otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 6, 54, 66, Sch. 1 para. 23; S.I. 2000/2992, art. 2(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 2001/1193, art. 2(3)(b); S.I. 2001/1536, art. 2(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. para 1(bca)(bcb) substituted (1.1.2009 for specified purposes, 25.1.2010 in so far as it is not already in force) for Sch. para. 1(bd) (as inserted by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), Sch 7, para. 21) for specified purposes by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 10, para. 3(a), S.I. 2008/3244, art. 2(i)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(bca) substituted (1.12.12) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 15 para. 68(a); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(bcb) omitted (1.7.2012) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Sch. 15 para. 70, s. 306(4); S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(be) omitted (1.8.2012) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 15 para. 50(a); S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bf) repealed (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1) (4), Sch. 14 Pt. 2; S.I. 2004/759, art. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bg)(bh) repealed (1.1.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 55(a) , Sch. 15 Pt. 1S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch.15 Pt. 1, Sch. 1 para. 35(v),36"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bj) inserted (1.1.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 55(b); S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 35(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(bja) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2023) by Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (asc 1), s. 29(2), Sch. 3 para. 5; S.I. 2023/370, art. 3(1)(t)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bk) omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 2; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Sch. para 1(bl) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 189(1), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(bm) omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/368), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2 (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Sch. para 1(bn) inserted (1.1.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), s. 127, Sch. 7 para. 22; S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 (c) repealed by Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), s. 11(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 (d) repealed by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(5), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 (e) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(ea) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 7(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(f) omitted (1.4.2007) by virtue of References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Sch. para 1(fa) inserted (1.10.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Sch. 5 para. 7(b), s. 306(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Words in Sch. substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(f)(g) substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by virtue of 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III, para. 91 (with Scj. 2 paras. 6, 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(gg) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 7(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F28",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(gh) inserted (25.6.2002 for certain purposes and 10.10.2002 for (W.), 1.3.2007) by 2002 c. 17, s. 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 1; S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F29",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F30",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 (i)(j)(k) inserted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 28, Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F31",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(i) substituted (14.7.2014) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(2)(r), Sch. 10 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F32",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(ia) inserted (14.7.2017) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(3)(c), Sch. 2 para. 18; S.I. 2017/714, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F33",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(j) substituted (1.4.1996) by virtue of S.I. 1996/593, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F34",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(k) substituted (1.10.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 17; S.I. 2005/2714, art. 2(l)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F35",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(l) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 27 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F36",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(m) added (1.04.2005) by Health (Wales) Act 2003 (c. 4), s. 10(2), Sch. 03 para. 1; S.I. 2003/2660, art. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F37",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(n) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 17 para. 1; S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F38",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(o) omitted (1.2.2023) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1 (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F39",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(p) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 3; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F40",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(q) inserted (1.10.2023) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 15 para. 2; S.I. 2023/1035, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F41",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(r) inserted (24.5.2024) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), s. 81(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 23(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c.70 (81:1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1875 c. 89."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 (h) excluded by S.I. 1986/1929, art. 2"
    }
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  "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."
}