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Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 received Royal Assent on 30 November 2000. It gives a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities, sets out exemptions from that right and places a number of obligations on public authorities. The FLA is a public authority under the Act and is therefore bound by its provisions.

Individuals already have the right of access to information about themselves under the Data Protection Act 1998. As far as public authorities are concerned, the Freedom of Information Act will, from January 2005, extend this right to allow public access to all types of information held.

Subject only to certain prescribed conditions and exemptions set out in Sections 21 to 40 in Part II of the Freedom of Information Act, the public will have a statutory right:

  • to be told whether the FLA holds information of the description specified in the request; and if so
  • to have that information disclosed.

 

 


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