242.Section 97amends the access to information provisions in Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972 to ensure that reports published for a meeting of a principal council and its committees contain a list of the background papers used in compiling the report.
243.Section 98allows the Secretary of State to vary, by order, provisions in Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972 so as to increase the number of days before a meeting of a principal council and its committees when papers need to be made publicly available.
Introduction Commentary on sections Sections 97 and 98: Further access to information provisions