Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator: model publication scheme

Policies

Our charging policy

Unless otherwise stated, all information contain\ed within our scheme is available from us free of charge where it can be downloaded from our website or where it can be sent to you by email.

We may impose charges for providing information in paper copy or on CD. Charges will reflect the actual costs to the organisation for reproduction and postage. Our normal charges for Black & White A4 prints single sided is 10p per page. For colour, it is 20p per page.

We'll let you know the charge and how it has been calculated. All charges will be in line with published guidance by the Scottish Information Commissioner.

Information will not be provided to you until payment has been received.

We are required, in so far as practicable, by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to provide information in preferred formats. We are also required by the Equality Act 2010 to take steps to meet the needs of people who share a relevant protected characteristic. In terms of access to information, this means making reasonable adjustments to our practices to ensure that information is physically accessible. This may, for example, involve producing information in a larger script or different format where it is practicable to do so. The costs of this will be met by us.

Our copyright policy

The information we produce is subject to Crown copyright, which is administered by the King's Printer for Scotland. The material listed in this publication scheme is Crown copyright unless stated otherwise.

You may use and re-use Crown copyright information free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms and conditions of the Open Government Licence, provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context.

Where any of the Crown copyright items published through this guide are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

Our records management and disposal policy

We participate in the Scottish Government’s records management process. It has in place Record Retention and Disposition Schedules for all documents that it creates and holds.  These Schedules explain how long all types of records must be held for. 

This means that while FOISA is retrospective, it's only possible to provide copies of records that still exist. The current policy and procedures for records management are in the Scottish Government’s Record Management Manual.

The Schedules referred to above say what types of records will normally be preserved. Once transferred to the National Records of Scotland, these records are made publicly available and listed on their on-line catalogue.

How to access information which we do not publish

If you would like to request information which we do not publish then please contact us by:
•    Email - pubscodeadjudicator@gov.scot
•    Phone – 0300 244 1225
•    Or by post:

Freedom of Information
Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator
X1 Spur 
Saughton House
Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD

When writing to us to request information, please include:
•    your full name and details how you wish to be contacted either an email or postal address
•    full details of the information or documents you would like to receive.