Explanatory Notes

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

2002 asp 13

28 May 2002

The Act – Section by Section

Part 1 – Access to information held by Scottish public authorities

Section 14 – Vexatious or repeated requests

57.This section provides that section 1(1) does not oblige an authority to comply with vexatious requests.

58.Section 14(2) provides that an authority does not have to comply with repeated or substantially similar requests from the same person other than at reasonable intervals.