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== Appropriate limits == | == Appropriate limits == | ||
Central government departments: £600 | * Central government departments: £600 | ||
Other departments: £450 | * Other departments: £450 | ||
The list of Central Government deparments is listed in [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/plain/ukpga_20000036_en#sch1-pt1 Schedule 1 Part 1 of the FOI Act] | * The list of Central Government deparments is listed in [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/plain/ukpga_20000036_en#sch1-pt1 Schedule 1 Part 1 of the FOI Act] | ||
== Rules on calculating costs == | == Rules on calculating costs == | ||
Revision as of 01:32, 13 July 2008
Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit
| 1.3.1 Section 12 of the FOI Act allows public authorities to refuse to answer requests for information if the cost of complying would exceed the "appropriate limit" prescribed in the Regulations. | |
| DCA Guidance. | |
Appropriate limits
- Central government departments: £600
- Other departments: £450
- The list of Central Government deparments is listed in Schedule 1 Part 1 of the FOI Act
Rules on calculating costs
- aggregation of similar requests you've made
- DCA guidance: http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/practitioner/feesguidance.htm
Requirement to provide advice and assistance
- ICO: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/freedom_of_information/detailed_specialist_guides/awareness_guidance_23_-_advice_and_assistance.pdf
- Code of Practice: http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/reference/imprep/codepafunc.htm
Charging fees
- Code of Practice: http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/reference/imprep/codepafunc.htm
