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118 Meaning of “Welsh public records”.U.K.

(1)The following are Welsh public records—

(a)records of the Assembly,

(b)administrative and departmental records of the Auditor General for Wales,

(c)administrative and departmental records belonging to Her Majesty which are records of or held in any government department which is wholly or mainly concerned with Welsh affairs,

(d)administrative and departmental records belonging to Her Majesty which are records of any office, commission or other body or establishment under Her Majesty’s Government which is wholly or mainly concerned with Welsh affairs in a field or fields in which the Assembly has functions,

(e)administrative and departmental records of the bodies and establishments specified in subsection (2) (but not records of health service hospitals in Wales which are of the descriptions excepted from being public records for the purposes of the M1Public Records Act 1958 in the case of health service hospitals in England), and

(f)any other description of records (other than records of any court or tribunal or held in any department of the Supreme Court) which is specified by order made by the Lord Chancellor.

(2)The bodies and establishments referred to in subsection (1)(e) are—

(a)the Countryside Council for Wales,

(b)the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales,

(c)Family Practitioner Committees for localities in Wales,

(d)the Further Education Funding Council for Wales,

(e)the General Teaching Council for Wales,

(f)health service hospitals, within the meaning of the M2National Health Service Act 1977, in Wales,

(g)the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales,

(h)the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales,

[F1(ha)the National Council for Education and Training for Wales,]

(i)National Health Service Authorities for districts or localities in Wales, or for areas in or consisting of Wales, including National Health Service trusts all of whose hospitals, establishments and facilities are situated in Wales,

(j)the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, and

(k)the Welsh Board of Health.

(3)An order under subsection (1)(f) may be made in relation to a description of records—

(a)which (immediately before the order is made) are public records for the purposes of the M3Public Records Act 1958, or

(b)which (at that time) are not public records for those purposes.

(4)No order under subsection (1)(f) may be made in relation to records within subsection (3)(a) unless the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Assembly; and no such order may be made in relation to records within subsection (3)(b) unless the Assembly has resolved that the Lord Chancellor be requested to make the order.

(5)In this section “records” includes not only written records but records conveying information by any other means whatsoever.

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