On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/07/2011 08:50, Francis Davey wrote: > >> 2011/7/4 Mark Goodge<[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> I tweeted and blogged about it, and someone else on Twitter pointed out >>> that >>> such an arrangement may well be contrary to section 14 of the Re-use of >>> Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. If so, that would apply to >>> the >>> contract with Bailii as well. So I've followed it up with another FoI >>> request: >>> >>> http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/**request/public_interest_** >>> provisions_for_e<http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_interest_provisions_for_e> >>> >>> >> Yes, that occurred to me. Its not the strongest of provisions though, >> but it would be interesting to see how they respond. >> >> What regulation 14 does do is impose a statutory requirement to, >> essentially, explain various arrangements in documentary form, which >> means it can then be the subject of an FOI request. FOI can't be used >> to make people explain things unless they have written that >> explanation down - a fact which, alas, many requesters don't >> appreciate. >> > > I'm fully expecting that the response will be "information not held", since > both contracts predate the regulations and my guess is that they never > actually bothered to reconsider or document them when the regulations came > into force. But even that would be a step forward, since it would be an > opening for pressure to be brought to bear. "Ministry of Justice breaks the > law" is a nice headline :-) > Out of interest: What is the legal situation in the UK - if you have a contract which predates regulations, is it compulsory to revise it to make it regulations-compliant? Or do the regulations only apply when new contracts are made / existing contracts renewed? All best Michael
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