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 >
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. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
