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Freedom of Information
but not including documents that are available to the public as published
otherwise than by the public authority or as published by another public
authority.
(2) A public authority shall
(a) cause copies o f all documents to which this section
applies that are in use from time to time to be made
available for inspection and for purchase by members
of the public;
(b) not later than twelve months after the date of
commencement of this Act, cause to be published in the
Gazette, a statement (which may take the form of an
index) 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 twelve months after the date of the first publication
of the statement under paragraph (b) and thereafter at
intervals of not more than twelve months, cause to be
published in the Gazette, statements bringing up to date
information contained i n the previous statement or
statements.
(3) The public authority may not comply fully with paragraph
2(a) before the expiration of twelve months from the date of commencement
of this Act, but 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
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