Enwi, cychwyn a dehongli

1.—(1) Enw'r Gorchymyn hwn yw Gorchymyn Llywodraeth Leol (Mynediad at Wybodaeth) (Amrywio) (Cymru) 2007 a daw'r Gorchymyn hwn i rym ar 21 Ebrill 2007.

(2) Yn y Gorchymyn hwn, ystyr “Deddf 1972” (“the 1972 Act”) yw Deddf Llywodraeth Leol 1972.

Hawliau mynediad ychwanegol at ddogfennau ar gyfer aelodau o brif gynghorau

2.—(1) Diwygier adran 100F o Ddeddf 1972 (hawliau mynediad ychwanegol at ddogfennau ar gyfer aelodau o brif gynghorau) fel a ganlyn.

(2) Yn is-adran (1), yn lle “subsections (2) to (2C)” rhodder “subsections (2) to (2E)”.

(3) Yn lle is-adran (2)C rhodder —

“(2C) In relation to a principal council in Wales, subsection (1) above does not require the document to be open to inspection if it appears to the proper officer that it discloses exempt information.”.

(4) Ar ôl is-adran (2C) rhodder —

“(2D) But subsection (1) above does require (despite subsection (2C) above) the document to be open to inspection if the information is information of a description for the time being falling within —

(a)paragraph 14 of Schedule 12A to this Act (except to the extent that the information relates to any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract), or

(b)paragraph 17 of Schedule 12A to this Act.

(2E) In subsection (2D) above, “the authority” has the meaning given in paragraph 22(2) of Schedule 12A to this Act.”.

(5) Yn is-adran (3), yn lle “subsections (2) to (2C)” rhodder “subsections (2) to (2E)”.

Mynediad at Wybodaeth: gwybodaeth esempt

3.  Yn lle Rhannau 4 i 6 o Atodlen 12A i Ddeddf 1972(3) (Gwybodaeth Esempt) rhodder y testun a geir yn yr Atodlen i'r Gorchymyn hwn.

Erthygl 3

YR ATODLEN

“PART 4DESCRIPTIONS OF EXEMPT INFORMATION: WALES

12.  Information relating to a particular individual.

13.  Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

14.  Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

15.  Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office holders under, the authority.

16.  Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

17.  Information which reveals that the authority proposes —

(a)to give under any enactment a notice under or by virtue of which requirements are imposed on a person; or

(b)to make an order or direction under any enactment.

18.  Information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime.

PART 5QUALIFICATIONS: WALES

19.  Information falling within paragraph 14 above is not exempt information by virtue of that paragraph if it is required to be registered under —

(a)the Companies Act 1985(5);

(b)the Friendly Societies Act 1974(6);

(c)the Friendly Societies Act 1992(7);

(d)the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 to 1978(8);

(e)the Building Societies Act 1986(9); or

(f)the Charities Act 1993(10).

20.  Information is not exempt information if it relates to proposed development for which the local planning authority may grant itself planning permission pursuant to regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992(11).

21.  Information which —

(a)falls within any of paragraphs 12 to 15, 17 and 18 above; and

(b)is not prevented from being exempt by virtue of paragraph 19 or 20 above,

is exempt information if and so long, as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

PART 6INTERPRETATION: WALES

22.—(1) In Parts 4 and 5 and this Part of this Schedule —

“employee” means a person employed under a contract of service;

“financial or business affairs” includes contemplated, as well as past or current, activities;

“labour relations matter” means —

and for the purposes of this definition the enactments mentioned in paragraph (a) above, with the necessary modifications, shall apply in relation to office-holders under the authority as they apply in relation to employees of the authority;

“office-holder”, in relation to the authority, means the holder of any paid office appointments to which are or may be made or confirmed by the authority or by any joint board on which the authority is represented or by any person who holds any such office or is an employee of the authority;

“registered” in relation to information required to be registered under the Building Societies Act 1986(13), means recorded in the public file of any building society (within the meaning of that Act).

(2) Any reference in Parts 4 and 5 and this Part of this Schedule to “the authority” is a reference to the principal council or, as the case may be, the committee or sub-committee in relation to whose proceedings or documents the question whether information is exempt or not falls to be determined and includes a reference —

(a)in the case of a principal council, to any committee or sub-committee of the council; and

(b)in the case of a committee, to —

(i)any constituent principal council;

(ii)any other principal council by which appointments are made to the committee or whose functions the committee discharges; and

(iii)any other committee or sub-committee of a principal council falling within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) above; and

(c)in the case of a sub-committee, to —

(i)the committee, or any of the committees, of which it is a sub-committee; and

(ii)any principal council which falls within paragraph (b) above in relation to that committee.”.

Nodyn Esboniadol

(Nid yw'r nodyn hwn yn rhan o'r Gorchymyn)

Mae'r Gorchymyn hwn yn gymwys o ran prif gynghorau yng Nghymru. Mae'n gwneud newidiadau i Ran 5A (mynediad at gyfarfodydd a dogfennau awdurdodau, pwyllgorau ac is-bwyllgorau penodol) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Leol 1972 (“Deddf 1972”) ac Atodlen 12A iddi (mynediad at wybodaeth: gwybodaeth esempt), sydd ill dwy yn ymwneud â mynediad at gyfarfodydd a dogfennau prif gynghorau a phwyllgorau ac is-bwyllgorau penodol y cynghorau hynny.

Mae adran 100A(4) (mynediad i gyfarfodydd prif gynghorau) o Ddeddf 1972 yn benodol yn caniatáu i brif gyngor gau'r cyhoedd allan o gyfarfod pryd bynnag y bo'n debygol y bydd gwybodaeth esempt yn cael ei datgelu i'r cyhoedd fel arall. Diffinnir gwybodaeth esempt yn adran 100I (gwybodaeth esempt a'r pwer i amrywio Atodlen 12A) o Ddeddf 1972 fel gwybodaeth y mae ei disgrifiadau, at ddibenion Rhan 5A, yn ddisgrifiadau a bennir am y tro yn Rhan 1 o Atodlen 12A.

Mae Rhannau 1 i 3 o Atodlen 12A yn gymwys o ran prif gynghorau yn Lloegr. Mae Rhannau 4 i 6 o'r Atodlen honno yn gymwys o ran prif gynghorau yng Nghymru. Mae'r Gorchymyn hwn yn rhoi Rhannau 4 i 6 newydd yn Atodlen 12A.

Yn y Rhan 4 newydd, disodlir rhai o'r disgrifiadau o wybodaeth a restrir yn y Rhan 4 bresennol gan ddisgrifiadau symlach a chliriach.

Yn y Rhan 5 newydd, disodlir rhai o'r cymwysterau gan brawf lles y cyhoedd.

Gwneir hefyd ddiwygiadau canlyniadol i adran 100F (hawliau mynediad ychwanegol at ddogfennau ar gyfer aelodau o brif gynghorau) o Ddeddf 1972.