SCHEDULES

C4C5 FIRST SCHEDULE Definition of Public Records

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Sch. 1 excluded by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), s. 144(9)

Sch. 1 excluded (E.W.S.) (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 125(6); S.I. 1994/571, art. 5 (with art. 7) (which exclusion was repealed (18.7.1996) by 1996 c. 42, s. 8(2)(3))

Sch. 1 excluded (E.W.S.) (18.9.1996) by 1996 c. 42, ss. 5(3), 8(3)

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Sch. 1: power to amend conferred (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 84; S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

Departmental records

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1

Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) of the last foregoing paragraph, the administrative and departmental records of bodies and establishments set out in the Table at the end of this paragraph shall be public records, whether or not they are records belonging to Her Majesty.

2

The provisions of this paragraph shall not be taken as applying to records in any museum or gallery mentioned in the said Table which form part of its permanent collections (that is to say records which the museum or gallery has acquired otherwise than by transfer from or arrangements with a government department).

TABLE

C1PART I

BODIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Responsible Government Department

F1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

F159...

Agricultural Wages Committees.

Organisation known as the “National Farm Survey”.

Official seed testing station for England and Wales.

F140Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Meteorological Office.

F2. . .

F3. . .

F4Department of Health

National Health Service Authorities F5including F150the National Health Service Commissioning Board, clinical commissioning groups,F6Primary Care TrustsF7, National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts other than local health authorities F8and 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).

F9Family Practitioner CommitteesF10for localities in England

F11health service hospitals, within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977F12, in England except—

records of endowments passing to Boards of Governors under section seven of the National Health Service Act 1946.

records relating to funds held by Hospital Boards and Committees under sections fifty-nine and sixty of the said Act, and records of private patients admitted under section five of the said Act.

F13records of property passing to F14Regional, Area or District Health Authorities or special health authorities under sections 23 to 26 of the M1 National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 F15, section 92 of the National Health Service Act 1977, section 213 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 161 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006

records of property held by a F16Regional, Area or District Health Authority or special health authority under section 21 or 22 of the said Act 1973F17, section 90 or 91 of the National Health Service Act 1977, section 218 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to that Act, or paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006

F18records of trust property passing to F151the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a clinical commissioning group, a F19Strategic Health Authority, Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust by virtue of the Health Authorities Act 1995 F20, under section 213 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 161 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006,F152or section 300 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 or held by F153 the National Health Service Commissioning Board, a clinical commissioning group orF21a Strategic Health Authority or a Health Authority under section 90 or 91 of F22the National Health Service Act 1977, section 218 of the National Health Service Act 2006, paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to, or paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to, that Act, or F154by virtue of section 2 and section 13X of, or paragraph 20 of Schedule 1A to, that Act, or under paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.

F23. . .

Home Office

Office of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Office of Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

F24Department of Employment

National Dock Labour Board.

National Institute of Houseworkers Limited.

Wages Boards and Wages Councils.

F25Department of Social Security

National Insurance Advisory Committee.

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.

F26Attendance Allowance Board.

National Insurance and Industrial Injuries Joint Authorities.

Workmen’s Compensation Supplementation Board.

Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Board.

F27. . .

F28. . .

F29Department of Transport

Air Transport Advisory Council.

Air Registration Board.

F30Airworthiness Requirements Board, Civil Aviation Authority.

F31Strategic Rail Authority.

F32Ministry of Justice

F33Legal Aid Board

F158...

C2C6PART II

OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS

  • F34...

  • Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board.

  • F35Armouries

  • F36Arts and Humanities Research Council.

  • F37The Big Lottery Fund.

  • F38The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.

  • F39The Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside.

  • F40British Coal Corporation

  • F41British Council.

  • British Museum (including the Natural History Museum).

  • F42Care Council for Wales.

  • F43The Care Quality Commission F149and the Healthwatch England committee.

  • Catering Wages Commission.

  • F44Central Police Training and Development Authority

  • F45Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.

  • F147...

  • F46Civil Nuclear Police Authority.

  • F47Coal Authority

  • Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation.

  • F48Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.

  • F49The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

  • F50...

  • F51...

  • F52Commission on Industrial Relations

  • F53Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health.

  • F54Commission for Rural Communities.

  • F55...

  • F56The Committee on Climate Change.

  • F139 The company that was nominated under section 62 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (reorganisation of the Post Office: transfer of property etc to nominated company).

  • F162Competition and Markets Authority.

  • F166...

  • F57Competition Service

  • F135Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

  • F58...

  • F59Consumer Council for Water.

  • F155...

  • F60...

  • F61Criminal Cases Review Commission

  • F62Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations (before and after their reconstitution as a body corporate) except when acting for governments or authorities outside Her Majesty’s dominions.

  • F63Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board.

  • C3F64...

  • F65...

  • F66A development agency established under section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998.

  • Development Commission.

  • F67Director of Fair Access to Higher Education

  • F68...

  • F69Economic and Social Research Council.

  • F70Electoral Commission.

  • F71. . .

  • F72Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

  • F73...

  • F74The Environment Agency

  • C3F75 Funding Agency for Schools

  • F76Further Education Funding Council for England.

  • F77...

  • F160Gambling Commission.

  • F172Gangmasters Licensing Authority

  • F58...

  • F78General Social Care Council.

  • F146...

  • F79General Teaching Council for Wales.

  • F170Health Research Authority.

  • F76Higher Education Funding Council for England.

  • F80...

  • F81Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England

  • F82The Homes and Communities Agency.

  • F83Human Tissue Authority.

  • Imperial War Museum.

  • F84The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

  • F85Information Commissioner.

  • F86Infrastructure Planning Commission.

  • Irish Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Land Trust.

  • F134...

  • F87The Legal Services Board.

  • F88The Legal Services Consultative Panel.

  • F141...

  • F89Local Better Regulation Office.

  • F133Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

  • London Museum.

  • F90The Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct

  • F91. . .

  • F129The Marine Management Organisation.

  • F92Medical Research Council.

  • F93...

  • F94F95Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

  • F96National Audit Office

  • F50...

  • F97. . .

  • F167...

  • National Gallery.

  • F93...

  • F161...

  • National Maritime Museum.

  • F73...

  • F163...

  • National Portrait Gallery.

  • National Savings Committee.

  • F98Natural England.

  • F99Natural Environment Research Council.

  • F100...

  • F93...

  • F101Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

  • F102Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority.

  • F137Office for Budget Responsibility.

  • F103Office of Communications.

  • F104...

  • F166...

  • F130The Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator.

  • F105The Office for Legal Complaints.

  • F165Office for Nuclear Regulation

  • F142...

  • F169...

  • F106Olympic Lottery Distributor.

  • F107The Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund.

  • F131Passengers’ Council.

  • F108Pensions Compensation Board.

  • F109Pensions Ombudsman.

  • F110The Pensions Regulator.

  • F157...

  • F111Police Information Technology Organisation

  • F138....

  • F138...

  • F139A Post Office company within the meaning of Part 1 of the Postal Services Act 2011.

  • F156The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

  • F144...

  • F112...

  • F113Rail Passengers’ Committees.

  • F132...

  • F168The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

  • Remploy Limited.

  • F114Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Royal Greenwich Observatory.

  • F139A Royal Mail company within the meaning of Part 1 of the Postal Services Act 2011.

  • C3F115School Curriculum and Assessment Authority

  • C3F116...

  • F117Science Museum

  • F118Security Industry Authority.

  • F164...

  • F119...

  • F120...

  • F121The Simpler Trade Procedures Board.

  • F148Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

  • F171A strategic highways company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015.

  • Tate Gallery.

  • F122...

  • F123Technology Strategy Board.

  • F124Traffic Director for London

  • F143...

  • F125. . .

  • F136The trustee corporation established by section 75 of the Pensions Act 2008.

  • Trustee Savings Banks Inspection Committee.

  • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

  • University Grants Committee.

  • F126Valuation Tribunal Service.

  • F127Victoria and Albert Museum

  • Wallace Collection.

  • War Works Commission.

  • F145...

  • Any body established for the purpose of determining the boundaries of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or of local authorities in England F128....