Access to information rights in Scotland: consultation

Footnotes

1. See Post-legislative scrutiny: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 19 May 2020 - Post-legislative scrutiny: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (azureedge.net)

2. See Response from the Scottish Government to the Public Audit And Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee Report on Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) - Minister for Parliamentary Business.dot

3. See Post-legislative scrutiny: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 19 May 2020 - Post-legislative scrutiny: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (azureedge.net)

4. See Response from the Scottish Government to the Public Audit And Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee Report on Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) - Minister for Parliamentary Business.dot

5. See The Scottish Government's six principles of FOI - Guide to information published by the Scottish Government - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6. Outsourcing Oversight?: the case for reforming access to information law - Information Commissioner, 2019

7. Letter from Chloe Smith MP, Parliamentary Secretary to Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner - 24 April 2019

8. Future orders - Freedom of Information coverage extension: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. Freedom of information - extension of coverage: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10. see page 7 - Outsourcing Oversight: the case for reforming access to information law - Information Commissioner, 2019

11. See - Future orders - Freedom of Information coverage extension: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12. see Section 4, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

13. Part 1, Section 3: Scottish Ministers' Code of Practice on the Discharge Of Functions by Scottish Public Authorities Under the Freedom Of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 - FOI/EIR: section 60 code of practice - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

14. See Decision 094/2013 (itspublicknowledge.info)

15. FOI 10 years on: Are the right organisations covered? (pdpjournals.com)

16. See Section 3 - Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (legislation.gov.uk)

17. See: Official Report - Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee - 19 September 2019

18. See Response from the Scottish Government to the Public Audit And Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee Report on Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) - Minister for Parliamentary Business.dot

19. See Freedom of Information International Review: Scope of Bodies Included (Supporting documents - Freedom of Information International Review: scope of bodies included - gov.scot (www.gov.scot))

20. Outsourcing Oversight: The case for reforming Freedom of Information Law in the UK (see section 3.22, page 57)

21. Letter from Chloe Smith MP, Parliamentary Secretary to Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner - 24 April 2019

22. Freedom of Information Code of Practice - 4 July 2018

23. See Section 35 - Irish Freedom of Information Act 2014

24. Para 16 & 128 - Post-legislative scrutiny: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (azureedge.net)

25. See - Publication schemes | Scottish Information Commissioner (itspublicknowledge.info)

26. Scotland's Open Government action plan: 2021 to 2025 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

27. See Scottish Information Commissioner written submission to PAPLS Committee (19_Scottish_Information_Commissioner.pdf (parliament.scot))

28. The Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (legislation.gov.uk)

29. Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee - 25th Meeting 2019, 7 November (parliament.scot)

30. Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill: Policy Memorandum - 27 September 2001 (see para 111-117)