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authorFrancis Irving <francis@mysociety.org>2009-12-10 15:27:42 +0000
committerFrancis Irving <francis@mysociety.org>2009-12-10 15:27:42 +0000
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Mention Scottish Act doesn't have public interest extension.
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@@ -522,12 +522,13 @@ the next working day as "day one". Delivery is delivery, even if it happened on
the weekend. Some authorities <a href="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/policy_regarding_body_scans#incoming-1100">disagree with this</a>, our lawyer disagrees with them. </li>
<li>In theory, authorities can claim a time extension for applying a public
-interest test. We don't think this should be a special reason for delay. There
-are lots of other good reasons the authority might want more time, such as if
-somebody is on holiday and they can't find the information. When
-there's going to be any delay at all, we prefer it if authorities simply
-apologise and explain what they are doing that is taking the extra time, rather
-than resorting to legal minutiae.
+interest test. We don't think this should be a special reason for delay.
+The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act agrees with us &ndash; it does not
+allow such an extension. There are lots of other good reasons the authority
+might want more time, such as if somebody is on holiday and they can't find the
+information. When there's going to be any delay at all, we prefer it if
+authorities simply apologise and explain what they are doing that is taking the
+extra time, rather than resorting to legal minutiae.
</li>
<li>Since June 2009, schools have "20 working days disregarding any working