Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections And Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020: information sharing report
Assessment of steps taken to date to ensure information sharing between animal health, animal welfare and wildlife enforcement bodies. It also includes next the steps we intend to undertake in order to look at how information sharing can be further progressed.
Conclusion
The Scottish Government recognises that intelligence-led enforcement is effective and makes efficient use of the limited resources available to authorities. Information on offences and convictions is a valuable component of intelligence, but is likely to make only a small proportion of all relevant information.
Information has to be relevant, complete, accessible, timely, and the systems used must not be unnecessarily burdensome. Any sharing of personal data must also be carried out in compliance with data protection legislation. It is therefore critical that information sharing systems are designed with a deep understanding of the needs of enforcement authorities
Contact
Email: animal.health@gov.scot