Publication - Corporate report
FOI: use of the section 5 power: 2017 report
Update on when we have used powers to extend coverage of the Freedom of Information Act.
- Published:
- 31 Oct 2017
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA) can be extended to bodies that carry out functions of a public nature or which provide, under a contract with a Scottish public authority, a service which is a function of that authority.
This can be done by making an order under section 5 of FOISA, which designates those bodies as a Scottish public authority for the purposes of the legislation.
Scottish Ministers are required to lay a report before the Scottish Parliament every two years about the exercise of the section 5 order-making power.
The 2015 section 5 report can be found in our archive.
Contact
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG