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Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Section 9 – Fees

42.This section provides the Scottish Ministers with powers to make regulations setting out the fee structure in accordance with which charges may be made for the provision of information under this Act. Such regulations will be subject to affirmative resolution. An authority will request payment for the provision of information by way of a “fees notice” and is not obliged to provide the information until payment is received. Payment must be received within 3 months of the issuing of the fees notice if the request is to be further actioned.

43.Under section 9(7), the charging structure set out in regulations under this section would not apply where the information was being disclosed by or under another enactment with its own charging scheme – in this situation, the existing scheme would continue to apply.

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