Susan,
There are two proposals for FOI Fee charging:
1. Discretionary powers to charge 10% of marginal cost (max £50) of locating & disclosing (additional charges for copying & posting) PLUS a ceiling of £500 whereby requests are refused.
2. Costs up to £100 = public authority foots bill
£101 - £500 = Subject foots bill (Discretionary!!)
Over £500 = request refused.
Option 2 favoured by consultees
(N.B. This applies to Scotland FOI - But we are mirroring Westminster)
Peter
Peter Wilson
Data Protection Officer
University of Paisley
>>> "Susan Snell, Archivist" <[log in to unmask]> 03/20/01 04:13pm >>>
Also it's worth bearing in mind that under FOI, enquirers have the right to
say how they would like to receive the information - as a copy, a summary
or to visit to see the information involved.
Along with everyone else, I'm waiting for the 'Fees Regulations' to be
announced for this - but it will be more than the £10 set fee under Data
Protection.
rgds,
Susan
At 15:33 20/03/01 -0000, Eagle, Dave wrote:
>Peter,
>
>I don't see why someone not being able to come in (e.g. travel 300 miles, or
>come in during office hours) in itself makes the supply of a copy
>impossible.
>
>My point was that inviting Data Subjects to come in and view is not a
>blanket alternative to making copies. I accept that it might be appropriate
>to make this invitation if the request would otherwise be turned down due to
>'disproportionate effort' being required to make copies.
>
>Dave.
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Re: Disproportionate Effort!!!
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>
>Dave,
>Q. "I can't see anything in the Act which will allow a Data Controller to
>use this as a way of avoiding making time-consuming and expensive copies."
>
>A. Section 8 (2) (a) The supply of such a copy is not possible (e.g. They
>can't or won't come in!) or would involve disproportionate effort (e.g.
>someone standing at a photocopier for a day?)
>
>Peter
>
>
>
>Peter Wilson
>Data Protection Officer
>University of Paisley
>
>
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