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Data Protection Act 2018

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Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

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56(1)This paragraph applies where a request for information was made to a Scottish public authority under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) before the relevant time.

(2)To the extent that the request is dealt with after the relevant time, the amendments of the 2002 Act in Schedule 19 to this Act have effect for the purposes of determining whether the authority deals with the request in accordance with Part 1 of the 2002 Act.

(3)To the extent that the request was dealt with before the relevant time—

(a)the amendments of the 2002 Act in Schedule 19 to this Act do not have effect for the purposes of determining whether the authority dealt with the request in accordance with Part 1 of the 2002 Act, but

(b)the powers of the Scottish Information Commissioner and the Court of Session, on an application or appeal under the 2002 Act, do not include power to require the authority to take steps which it would not be required to take in order to comply with Part 1 of the 2002 Act as amended by Schedule 19 to this Act.

(4)In this paragraph—

  • Scottish public authority” has the same meaning as in the 2002 Act;

  • the relevant time” means the time when the amendments of the 2002 Act in Schedule 19 to this Act come into force.

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