Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 715
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The Local Authorities (Access to Meetings and Documents) (Period of Notice) (England) Order 2002
Made
14th March 2002
Laid before Parliament
21st March 2002
Coming into force
1st October 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 100K(3) of the Local Government Act 1972( 1 ) hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Access to Meetings and Documents) (Period of Notice) (England) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st October 2002.
(2) This Order applies in relation to local authorities in England.
Admission to meetings of principal councils
2. In subsection (6)(a) of section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (admission to meetings of principal councils) for “three clear days”, substitute “five clear days”.
Access to agenda and connected reports
3. In section 100B of the Local Government Act 1972 (access to agenda and connected reports), in—
(a) subsection (3); and
(b) subsection (4)(a),
for “three clear days”, in each case, substitute “five clear days”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
14th March 2002
1972 c. 70 . Part VA was inserted into the Local Government Act 1972 by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985. Subsection (3) of 100K was added by section 98 of the Local Government Act 2000 c. 22 . For the application of section 98 of the Local Government Act 2000 and section 100K of the Local Government Act 1972 to Wales, see section 106(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 and see the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ).