In a message dated 05/07/2002 11:48:45 GMT Daylight Time,
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<< I don't think there are any exceptions to the standard fee on any grounds,
technical or otherwise. This has been a long-standing gripe with the health
sector in particular where the cost of providing photocopies of medical
records and copies of medical images/x-rays etc. is many times the standard
fee - even before the staff costs are included. >>
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There are exceptions for education (school) records and health records in
manual format. They allow for sliding scale fees up to £50 depending on the
number of copies to be made. However, this then means that if only a few
sheets of paper are involved, a fee of as little as £1 might be payable.
Ian Buckland
Managing Director
Keep IT Legal Ltd
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