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Freedom of Information In Scotland In Practice

Author: Kevin Dunion

ISBN: 9781845861223

Price: £60.00

Publication Month: October 2011

 

Part I – The Law in Practice

1          The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

2          Environmental Information

Part II – Key Issues of Interpretation

Key Issue 1     Not a Class Apart– Why a Class-based Approach Cannot be Taken to Contents-based Exemptions

Key Issue 2     Where is the Harm? – Applying Contents-based Exemptions and Exceptions

Key Issue 3     Government Information – The Extent of Special Protection

Key Issue 4     Personal Information – Dealing with Third-Party Data

Key Issue 5     Who Wants to Know? – Issues Concerning the Identity of the Applicant

Key Issue 6     Charging for Information – Now and in Future

Part III – Compliance and Good Practice – The Commissioner’s Role

3          The Conduct of Investigations

4          The Commissioner’s Practice Assessments

5          Publication Schemes

Appendix        Model Publication Scheme 2011

Part IV – Afterword: The State of Freedom of Information in Scotland

Afterword

Appendix        Scottish Ministers’ Code of Practice on the

Discharge of Functions by Scottish Public Authorities

 

 

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