§ (" .—(1) In section 100D of the Local Government Act 1972 (inspection of background papers) for subsection (1) there is substituted—
§ "(1) Subject, in the case of section 100C(1), to subsection (2) below, if and so long as copies of the whole or part of a report for a meeting of a principal council are required by section 100B(1) or 100C(1) above to be open to inspection by members of the public—
- (a) those copies shall each include a copy of a list, compiled by the proper officer, of the background papers for the report or the part of the report, and
- (b) at least one copy of each of the documents included in that list shall also be open to inspection at the offices of the council."
§ (2) In subsection (2) the words "of the list, or" are omitted.")
§ 354 After Clause 87, insert the following new clause—