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 :(b) the holder of an office pertaining to a tribunal, authority or body specified in Schedule 1, being an office established by the legislation establishing the tribunal, authority or body so specified in his capacity as the holder of that office, is not to be taken to be a prescribed authority or to be included in a Department; and


 * (c) a registry or other office of or under the charge of a tribunal, authority or body specified in Schedule 1, and the staff of such a registry or other office when acting in a capacity as members of that staff, shall be taken as a part of the tribunal, authority or body so specified as a prescribed authority,

but this Act does not apply to any request for access to a document of a tribunal, authority or body so specified unless the document relates to matters of an administrative nature.

Exemption of certain bodies

7. (1) The bodies specified in Part I of Schedule 2, and the person holding and performing the duties of the office specified in that Part, are to be deemed not to be prescribed authorities for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The bodies and Departments specified in Part II of Schedule 2 are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the documents referred to in that Schedule in relation to them.

(3) In Part II of Schedule 2, "competitive commercial activities" means activities carried on on a commercial basis in competition with persons other than governments or authorities of governments.

(4) In Part II of Schedule 2, a reference to documents in respect of particular activities shall be read as a reference to documents received or brought into existence in the course of, or for the purposes of, the carrying on of those activities.

Publication of information concerning functions and documents of agencies

8. (1) The responsible Minister of an agency shall—


 * (a) cause to be published, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Part but not later than 12 months after that commencement, in a form approved by the Minister administering this Act—


 * (i) a statement setting out particulars of the organization and functions of the agency, indicating, as far as practicable, the decision-making powers and other powers affecting members of the public that are involved in those functions;