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CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE UNDER SECTION 60 OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

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Dear Sir/Madam

CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE UNDER SECTION 60 OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 will be fully implemented in January 2005. The Act will introduce important new rights for all to request information held by Scottish public authorities. Scottish Ministers will issue two codes of practice that will underpin operation of the Act - one on records management and one on how authorities should carry out their functions under the Act. I am writing to you to ask for your comments on a draft version of the latter, the code of practice covering authorities' functions under the Act.

Attached to this letter you will find

What we would like you to do

We would be grateful for any general comments you may have on the Code and also for a response to the specific questions posed at Annex 4. It would be helpful if you could clearly indicate in your response on which part of the Code you are offering comments as this will aid the analysis of responses received. It is important that you forward your response under cover of the completed "Respondee Information Form" which is attached at Annex 3.

Access to consultation responses

We will make all responses available to the public in the Scottish Executive Library and on the Scottish Executive consultation web pages by 28 November 2003 unless confidentiality is requested. All responses not marked confidential will be checked for any potentially defamatory material before being logged in the library or placed on the website.

Where to send your comments

Please send comments on the Code by 31 October 2003:

By e-mail to: Foi@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
By fax to: 0131 244 2582
By post to:

Ms Karen Martin
Freedom of Information Unit
Room 4-SW
St Andrew's House
EDINBURGH
EH1 3DG

If you have telephone queries about the consultation please call Karen on 0131 244 5061. Should you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to John McNairney, Head of Implementation Branch, Freedom of Information Unit at the same address noted above.

Copies of the draft code are available in large print and summaries can also be made available, on request, in other formats and languages by contacting Karen at the address above.

Yours sincerely

TIM ELLIS
Head of FOI Unit

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