Local Government Act: new SIs

The following SIs have been passed, closing gaps between local government access to information provisions already in place and the FoIA:

Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 69
The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006

Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 87
The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 88
The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006

background:

The consultation paper from Oct 2004 (PDF)

The Access to Information policy paper 2002 (PDF)