The Public Records (Transfer to the Public Record Office) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2014/3249

2014No. 3249

PUBLIC RECORDS

The Public Records (Transfer to the Public Record Office) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014

8thDecember2014

10thDecember2014

1stJanuary2015

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45(2) and (3) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010( 1):

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Public Records (Transfer to the Public Record Office) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 and shall come into force on 1st January 2015.

(2) In this Order-

"the 1958 Act" means the Public Records Act 1958( 2);

"relevant records" means records of a description listed in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Transitional provision

2. (1) For the period of 10 years beginning on 1stJanuary 2015 the time within which relevant records must be transferred in accordance with section 3(4)( 3) (selection and preservation of public records) of the 1958 Act is that provided for by paragraph (3).

(2) Paragraph (1) applies notwithstanding the coming into force on that date for all remaining purposes of section 45(1)(a) (transfer of records to Public Records Office) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010( 4).

(3) Relevant records created in a year specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be transferred not later than the end of the year specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

Saving provision

3. Section 3(4) of the 1958 Act continues to apply as it did immediately before 1st January 2015 in relation to relevant records created in 1985.

Simon Hughes

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

8th December 2014

SCHEDULE 1

Article 1(2)

Relevant Records

Records of a prison, remand centre, secure training centre or young offender institution.

Records of a coroner's court.

Records of the Environment Agency, except board minutes or records which relate to the formulation or development of policy governing the work of the Environment Agency.

Records of a Family Practitioner Committee for localities in England.

Records of a Family Practitioner Committee for localities in Wales.

Records of the Forestry Commission, except board minutes or records which relate to the formulation or development of policy governing the work of the Forestry Commission.

Records of a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977( 5), in England.

Records of a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006( 6).

Records of the Homes and Communities Agency that were formerly records of the Commission for New Towns or the Urban Regeneration Agency, except board minutes or records which relate to the formulation or development of policy governing the work of the Commission for New Towns or the Urban Regeneration Agency.

Records of a magistrates' court.

Records of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Records of a National Health Authority including a Primary Care Trust, a National Health Service trust and a NHS foundation trust other than an authority within the next paragraph.

Records of a National Health Authority for districts or localities in Wales, or for areas in or consisting of Wales, including National Health...

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