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The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2009 in England

S.I. 2009/1744 · Made 8 July 2009

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Public Records

Made 8th July 2009

Laid before Parliament 15th July 2009

Coming into force 1st September 2009

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of July

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by paragraph 3A of Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958f1, orders as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1958 c. 51. Paragraph 3A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2009.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 1st September 2009.

2Amendment to Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958

In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records), in Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, insert at the appropriate place—

“Arts and Humanities Research Council.”

“Economic and Social Research Council.”

“Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.”

“Medical Research Council.”

“Natural Environment Research Council.”.

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 by adding entries for—

  • Arts and Humanities Research Council

  • Economic and Social Research Council

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  • Medical Research Council

  • Natural Environment Research Council.

As a result, the administrative and departmental records of each of these bodies become public records.