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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-act-1958/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/51",
  "legislation_title": "Public Records Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-records-act-1958",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(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,—\n(a) records of, or held in, any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, or\n(b) records of any office, commission or other body or establishment whatsoever under Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom,\nshall be public records.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall not apply—\n(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\n(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 , civil partnerships or adoptions, or\n(c) except so far as provided by paragraph 4 of this Schedule, to records of the Duchy of Lancaster, or\n(d) to records of the office of the Public Trustee relating to individual trusts or\n(e) to Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of Wales Act 2006).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 4(1), Sch. 1 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(e) and “or”immediately preceding it inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, s. 125, Sch. 12 para. 3(2) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(e) substituted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) , s. 160(1), {Sch. 10 para. 7(a)}, the amending provision coming into force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act."
    }
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      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/14",
      "affecting_title": "Care Standards"
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    {
      "type": "entry repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1998/38",
      "affecting_title": "Government of Wales Act 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/18",
      "affecting_title": "Data (Use and Access) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2021/10",
      "affecting_title": "Trade Act 2021"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/28",
      "affecting_title": "Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/51/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:46.811020+00:00"
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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."
}