Roger,
It's interesting to note your comment that "There is advice from the
Information Commissioner's Office that 'in the main, a record of
historical sites [e.g. an SMR or HER] would not be classed as
environmental information'".
Does this have implications on what information an HER could withhold,
on the grounds that it may contain sensitive information (and giving
that information may, for example, lead to the destruction of that site
e.g. sensitive archaeological findspots, rare metal finds, etc)?
Do you know what advise the Information Commissioner's Office gave, and
what 'in the main' means?
Best regards,
Graham Tait
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-----Original Message-----
From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of THOMAS, Roger M
Sent: 10 January 2007 11:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HERFORUM] Charging
Dear all
Has anyone considered how this might be affected by what charges are
allowed to be made information requested under the Freedom of
Information Act?
I believe there is a growing body of case-law on this topic. It might be
as well to have an eye on it. Consultants etc are probably generally
happy to pay for a service, but non-commercial inquirers may be less so.
Nick might want to run the idea of differential charging for residents
and non-residents past his legal people. It might not be allowable under
FOI.
(Incidentally, I say 'FOI' rather than the Environmental Information
Regulations advisedly. There is advice from the Information
Commissioner's Office that 'in the main, a record of historical sites
[e.g. an SMR or HER] would not be classed as environmental
information'.)
Best wishes
Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Boldrini
Sent: 09 January 2007 10:10
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Charging
Hello folks
Happy New Year to you all.
At NYCC, we are having to review our charging policy in light of
directions from corporate level.
As part of this, one idea that has been suggested has been to charge
non-residents of the County area for research inquiries.
Does anyone else charge on this basis? If so, could they provide us
with details please?
Has anyone considered this and rejected it? If so, again, please send
us reasons so we can try and think through all angles.
thanks
best wishes
Nick Boldrini
Historic Environment Record Officer
Heritage Section
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North Yorkshire County Council
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