Article 7

SCHEDULEDESCRIPTIONS OF EXEMPT PUBLICITY

1.  Any notice, advertisement, plan or other document where a specific obligation to publish it is imposed on the local authority by or under any enactment.

2.  Invitations to tender, or publicity connected with the manner in which tenders are invited.

3.  Publicity promoting the use, or informing the public about the availability for use, of any building, amenity or facility which is wholly or partly provided or maintained by the local authority.

4.  A guidebook, programme, or admission ticket to any such building, amenity or facility.

5.  Publicity which has been approved by or on behalf of a chief officer of police for the area of the local authority, and which is issued for one or more of the following purposes—

(a)to further human safety;

(b)to protect property;

(c)to assist in the prevention or detection of crime;

(d)to assist in the maintenance of law and order;

(e)to discourage the commission of offences.

6.  Publicity which is issued for one or more of the following purposes—

(a)to increase public awareness of the dangers of fire (either generally or in relation to specific fire hazards); or

(b)to give practical information or advice on fire prevention, or on action to be taken in the event of fire.

7.  A traffic sign required or permitted by or under Part V or VI of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1), or a guide post or direction notice erected or maintained along a public right of way pursuant to section 46 of the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967(2).

8.  Practical information or advice about road traffic conditions.

9.  A name or number given or assigned to a building or buildings, street, way or place, and where a record of names and numbers is maintained, any information supplied as to the content of that record.

10.  Publicity which is addressed to prospective tenants, tenants or former tenants of houses or other heritable property owned or managed by the local authority, and which relates exclusively to one or more of the following matters—

(a)the rent payable for a house or other heritable property;

(b)the terms of a tenancy or lease;

(c)consultation with tenants on a matter of housing management or management of other heritable property;

(d)the exercise by tenants of rights conferred by Part III and section 216 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(3);

(e)repairing obligations at common law or under paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 10 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

11.  Publicity which is issued in the course of the normal management and running of an educational establishment and which consists of—

(a)information about courses or advisory services offered by that establishment; or

(b)publicity produced by its pupils; or

(c)a communication from any employee of an education authority or a member of a school or college council to—

(i)any of its pupils;

(ii)any of its former pupils;

(iii)prospective pupils or any class of prospective pupils;

(iv)the parents, guardians or persons having custody of persons described in (i), (ii) and (iii).

12.  Publicity designed to assist users or potential users to locate, make use of, or otherwise benefit from social work services provided by the local authority.

13.  Information about arrangements for the collection of waste.

14.  Communications to current or former employees of the local authority about any matter arising out of their employment.

15.  Communications to beneficiaries or potential beneficiaries of a superannuation fund administered by the local authority about any matter arising out of entitlement to benefits.