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Public Records Act 1958

Public Records Act 1958 Sch FIRST para 7

Sch FIRST para 7

(1) Without prejudice to the Lord Chancellor’s power of making orders under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any description of records not falling within the foregoing provisions of this Schedule and not being Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of Wales Act 2006 ) shall be treated as public records for the purposes of this Act but no recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this sub-paragraph unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. (2) A question whether any records or description of records are public records for the purposes of this Act shall be referred to and determined by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State shall include his decisions on such questions in his annual report to Parliament and shall from time to time compile and publish lists of the departments, bodies, establishments, courts and tribunals comprised in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Schedule and lists describing more particularly the categories of records which are, or are not, public records as defined in this Schedule.

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