There was recently some exchanges on the list about whether the
deliberate destruction of a record requested by subject access was an
offence. In fact it isn't at the moment, but will be when section 77
of the Freedom of Information Act is brought into force.
In case its of interest, we've written to the minister in the Lord
Chancellor's Department urging the government to bring this provision
into force now, rather than (as seems to be the intention) wait till
January 2005 when the FOI right of access comes in. The letter is at
http://www.cfoi.org.uk/opengov.html#lcdltrs
Maurice Frankel
Campaign for Freedom of Information
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