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Responding to this consultation paper

We are inviting written responses to this consultation paper by 31 ^st March 2006.

Full information on responding to this consultation is available in the " Pack for Respondents"

Please send your response to:

Foireview2005@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

or by fax to: 0131-244-2582

or

If you have any queries please contact Jane Mackenzie on 0131-244-4615

This consultation, and all other Scottish Executive consultation exercises, can be viewed online on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Executive website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations. You can telephone Freephone 0800 77 1234 to find out where your nearest public internet access point is.

Copies of the consultation paper are available in large print and can also be made available on request in other formats and languages by contacting Jane Mackenzie at the address above.

December 2005

CONTENTS

Covering Letter

Foreword by the Minister for Parliamentary Business
Background to the Consultation
Purpose of the Consultation
Topic 1 - Coverage of the Act
Topic 2 - Discharge of duties
Topic 3 - Fees/charging
Topic 4 - Timescales
Topic 5 - Prohibitions to disclosure of information
Topic 6 - Section 31 guidance
Annex A Topic 1 Background information - Development of gateway criteria to inform use of Section 5 of the Act
Annex B Topic 1 Background information - SCHEDULE 1 to the Act - SCOTTISH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES - as currently amended
Annex C Topic 3 Background information - Guidance to Scottish Public Authorities on charging fees for providing information (Annex 3 of the Section 60 Code of Practice)
Annex D Topic 6 Background information - SE Guidance for Scottish Public Authorities dealing with national security related information requests

PACK FOR RESPONDENTS