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== Appropriate limits == | == Appropriate limits == | ||
Revision as of 00:05, 11 August 2008
Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit
| Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act allows public authorities to refuse to answer requests for information if the cost of complying would exceed the 'appropriate limit' prescribed in the Fees Regulations (SI 2004/3244). | |
| MoJ 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
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