The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) provides a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities.
OSCR is required to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme,
approved by the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner
(OSIC).
The publication scheme lists:
- the classes of information which OSCR publishes or intends to
publish
- the manner in which information within each class is, or is
intended to be published
- whether the material is, or is intended to be available free of
charge or on payment.
Making a request for information
Under FOISA you have legal rights to access information held by
OSCR. These rights apply only to information requests made in
writing or another recordable format (verbal requests for
environmental information carry similar rights).
When making a request you should provide a name and address for
correspondence and a description of the information you would like
to see.
There are certain circumstances when some or all of the information
you request may not be released as it is exempt under
FOISA. If this is the case we will write to you and explain
why.
If you are unhappy with our response you can ask us to review it
and if you are still unhappy, you can make an appeal to the
Scottish Information Commissioner (details below).
Access to personal information about
yourself
FOISA does not give you a right to access personal information
about yourself. If you want to request your own personal
information held by OSCR this will be treated as a subject access
request under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).
Please see our
data protection page for more
details.
Freedom of Information requests should be sent to:
Freedom of Information Officer
OSCR
2nd Floor
Quadrant House
9 Riverside Drive
Dundee
DD1 4NY
Email: info@oscr.org.uk
The Scottish Information Commissioner
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is enforced by
the Scottish Information Commissioner. Contact details for
the Scottish Information Commissioner are:
Office of the Scottish Information Commission (OSIC)
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Tel: 01334 464610
Email: enquiries@itspublicknowledge.info
OSIC has produced a guide to the freedom of information law in
Scotland. You can view a copy of this here.