(2) A public authority shall (a)
cause copies of all documents to which this
section applies that are in use to be made
available for inspection and for purchase by
members of the public;
(b)
not later than 12 months after the date of
commencement of this Act, cause to be
published in the Gazette, a statement
specifying the documents of which copies are,
at the time of preparation of the statement, so
available and the place or places where copies
may be inspected and may be purchased; and
(c)
within 12 months after the date of first
publication of the statement under paragraph
(b) and thereafter at intervals of not more than
12 months, cause to be published in the
Gazette, statements bringing up to date
information contained in the previous
statement or statements.
(3) The public authority may not comply fully with
paragraph (2)(a) before the expiration of 12 months from the date of
commencement of this Act, but it shall, before that time, comply
with that paragraph as far as is practicable.
(4) This section does not require a document of the kind
referred to in subsection (1) containing exempt information to be
made available in accordance with subsection (2), but, if such a
document is not so made available, the public authority shall, if
practicable, cause to be prepared a corresponding document, altered
only to the extent necessary to exclude the exempt information, and
cause the document so prepared to be dealt with in accordance with
subsection (2).
(5) Where a public authority comes into existence on or after
the date of commencement of this Act, subsections (2) and (3) shall
apply in relation to that public authority as if the references in those
subsections to the date of commencement of this Act were
references to the date the public authority so comes into existence.
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