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 | | From: | anon | | Subject: | Freedom of Information Act | | Date: | Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:53:03 -0000 |
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 | Under this Act, is the local authority only obliged to give information
relating to the person who requested the information?
Or can an individual request various information about the company, eg
minutes of meetings etc?
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| | From: | Duncan Dewar | | Subject: | Re: Freedom of Information Act | | Date: | 06 Jan 2005 17:54:50 +0000 |
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| "anon" writes:
> Under this Act, is the local authority only obliged to give information
> relating to the person who requested the information?
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> Or can an individual request various information about the company, eg
> minutes of meetings etc?
Under the Freedom of Information legislation, an enquirer can request
virtually any information about a public body, although certain types of
information may be exempt from disclosure. This would probably include minutes
of meetings.
The older Data Protection legislation gives rights of access (and to demand
corrections where necessary) to private individuals for information held about
them.
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Duncan Dewar
duncanngr1@bute.org.uk
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