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diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index f5b94e68f..80c17e6ab 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -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 – 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 |