Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Act of the Scottish Parliament
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13) is an act of the Scottish Parliament.
.svg)
Long titleAn Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the disclosure of information held by Scottish public authorities or by persons providing services for them; and for connected purposes.
Introduced byJim Wallace
Territorial extentScotland
| Act of the Scottish Parliament | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Long title | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the disclosure of information held by Scottish public authorities or by persons providing services for them; and for connected purposes. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | 2002 asp 13 | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Jim Wallace | ||||||||||
| Territorial extent | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Dates | |||||||||||
| Royal assent | 28 May 2002 | ||||||||||
| Commencement | [b] | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Status: Current legislation | |||||||||||
| History of passage through the Parliament | |||||||||||
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |||||||||||
| Revised text of statute as amended | |||||||||||
| Text of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |||||||||||
Provisions
It covers public bodies over which the Scottish Parliament has jurisdiction.
The public interest test for not disclosing information is stated in terms of "substantial prejudice".[4]
The 2002 act established a Scottish Information Commissioner.[5] Appeals against the commissioner go to the Court of Session.[6]
The 2002 act does not exempt the Scottish Parliament in the way that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides an exemption for the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[7]
Implementation
The act came into force on 1 January 2005.[8]