In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 10:56:03 on Tue, 30 Nov 2004, "Wood, Steve" <[log in to unmask]> writes >I also had this doubt as it is still unclear whether FOI legally >confers a right of access beyond the UK (see section 48 of this >document on FOI fees on my FOI webiste: "There is separate work >ongoing to determine whether the FOI Act is able to confer rights of >access on non-UK nationals.") Seems a little harsh to exclude permanent residents from foreign countries. Mrs Quinn is an American permanently settled here, for example; does she deserve any less rights under these laws? -- Roland Perry ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^