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-rw-r--r-- | app/views/general/frontpage.rhtml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | app/views/help/about.rhtml | 12 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/views/general/frontpage.rhtml b/app/views/general/frontpage.rhtml index cbdd7dd50..e0b1f75cf 100644 --- a/app/views/general/frontpage.rhtml +++ b/app/views/general/frontpage.rhtml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <% form_tag({:action => "search_redirect"}, {:id => "search_form"}) do %> <p> First, type in the <strong>name of the UK public authority</strong> you'd - <br>like information from. <strong>By law, they have to send it to you</strong> + <br>like information from. <strong>By law, they have to respond</strong> (<a href="/help/about">why?</a>). <br> diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index 3c86b4092..40a6a598f 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ are done badly, and to celebrate the things that are done well. </dd> <dt id="whybother_them">Why would the public authority bother to reply? <a href="#whybother_them">#</a> </dt> -<dd>Under Freedom of Information (FOI) law, they have to respond. +<dd>Under Freedom of Information (FOI) law, they have to respond. The response +will either contain the information you want, or give a valid legal reason why +it must be kept confidential. </dd> <dt id="who">Who makes it? <a href="#who">#</a> </dt> @@ -212,9 +214,11 @@ that "Mr Arthur Thomas Roberts" can make a valid request as "Arthur Roberts", is regularly used". <li>Use the name of a company, the trading name of a company, or the trading name of a sole trader. -<li>Ask someone else to make the request on your behalf. If you are really -stuck and cannot find anyone, <a href="/help/about">contact us</a> and a -WhatDoTheyKnow volunteer may make the request for you.</li> +<li>Ask someone else to make the request on your behalf. +<li>You may, if you are really stuck, ask us to make the request on +your behalf. Please <a href="/help/about">contact us</a> with +a good reason why you cannot make the request yourself and cannot +ask a friend to. We don't have the resources to do this for everyone. </ul> </dd> |