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Originally Posted by Kursk
Hmm, my understanding of the FOI Act 2000 is that it is a statutory requirement to respond to requests for information within 20 days. It does not matter if the initial enquiry mentioned FOI; it is encumbent upon the recipient to consider if an FOI process is appropriate and in this case it clearly was/is. For absolute clarity, statutory means it is the law that they comply. Oh dear  .
The Act states:
Time for compliance with request
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a public authority must comply with section 1(1) promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth working day following the date of receipt.
The subsections qualify the compliance rules but the information requested should be readily available so delay seems unnecessary. |
Trouble is, this Government seems to be no different to Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. They are either incompetent or they must assume they are above the law.
Has any British Government ever cited incompetence as a defence I wonder?