Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
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Commenced: 1 Mar 1988
ANALYSIS
Analysis
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Act to bind the Crown
4 Purposes
I: Access to Local Authority Information
5 Principle of availability
6 Conclusive reasons for withholding official information
7 Other reasons for withholding official information
8 Information concerning existence of certain information
9 Exclusion of public interest immunity
II: Requests for Access to Information Held by Local Authorities
10 Requests
11 Assistance
12 Transfer of requests
13 Decisions on requests
14 Extension of time limits
15 Documents
16 Deletion of information from documents
17 Refusal of requests
18 Reason for refusal to be given
III: Publication of, and Access to, Certain Documents and Information
19 Publication setting out functions of local authorities
20 Right of access to publication published under section 19
21 Right of access to internal rules affecting decisions
22 Right of access by person to reasons for decisions affecting that person
IV: Right of Access to Personal Information
23 Right of access to personal information
24 Precautions
25 Correction of information
26 Reasons for refusal of requests for personal information
V: Review of Decisions
Decisions under Part II and Section 8 of this Act
27 Functions of Ombudsmen
28 Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
29 Requirements of Ombudsman to be complied with within certain period
30 Procedure after investigation
31 Disclosure of certain information not to be recommended
32 Recommendations made to local authorities
33 Requirements in relation to decision
34 Right of review
35 Appeals
36 Complainant to be informed of result of investigation
37 Restriction on application for review
Decisions under Part III or Part IV of this Act
38 Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
39 Ombudsman may require publication of summary of report
Saving
40 Saving in respect of Ombudsmen Act 1975
VI: Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Access to Official Information
41 Protection against certain actions
42 Delegation of powers by local authority
43 Delegation of powers by officers
44 Savings
VII: Local Authority Meetings
45 Interpretation
46 Meetings of local authorities to be publicly notified
47 Admission of public to meetings of local authorities
48 Right of local authorities to exclude public
49 Provisions applying when meeting open to public
50 Maintenance of order
51 Right of public to inspect or receive copies of minutes of meeting
52 Defamatory matter in copy of agenda or additional particulars supplied to public or in minutes of meeting
53 Oral statements at local authority meetings privileged
54 This Part of this Act to prevail over other enactments
VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions
55 Regulations
56 Power to amend First and Second Schedules by Order in Council
57 Consequential amendments to other enactments
58 Repeals and revocations
Schedule(s)
1 FIRST SCHEDULE: Local Authorities to Which Parts I to VII of this Act Apply
2 SECOND SCHEDULE: Local Authorities (Additional to Those Named in the First Schedule to this Act) to Which Part VII of this Act Applies
3 THIRD SCHEDULE: Enactments Amended
4 FOURTH SCHEDULE: Enactments Repealed
5 FIFTH SCHEDULE: Orders Revoked