On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Section 14.6 of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 > permitted contracts which predated the regulations to continue until either > the end of the contract term or December 2008, whichever was earlier. Since > that date is now in the past, any contract now existing will be subject to > the regulations if it falls within their scope. > > I've just had another look, and the licence attached to the FoI response is > dated May 2010. So, unless it falls outside the scope of the regulations > (and I can't see how it could), then to allow an exclusive contract would > require the public interest condition to be fulfilled. > > Thanks - interesting. The MOJ minister responsible for HMCTS is Jonathan Djanogly. Maybe worthwhile for people to send him a letter or get their MP to do so... All best Michael
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