Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

14 Vexatious or repeated requestsS

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(1)Section 1(1) does not oblige a Scottish public authority to comply with a request for information if the request is vexatious.

(2)Where a Scottish public authority has complied with a request from a person for information, it is not obliged to comply with a subsequent request from that person which is identical or substantially similar unless there has been a reasonable period of time between the making of the request complied with and the making of the subsequent request.