[email address] 
Mr A Montford 
 
Direct tel:  +44(0)207 218 4848 
Request-14742-
 
 
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Our ref: 21-07-2009-145432-003                                        11 August 2009                                                     
 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Montford 
  
Re: Freedom of Information – Extension of Time to Reply 
 
Your email dated 14 July 2009 has been considered to be a request for information in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  
 
You requested: A copy of the agreement/letter with Dr Jones in which he makes these 
restrictions on redistribution of the data. 
 
In order for the Met Office to do a thorough review for you, it will be necessary to extend the 
time to respond to you, as records cover a 30 year period.   We will respond to you by 10 
September 2009 or sooner if possible. 
 
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and 
Patents Act 1988 (the Act).  Unless specifically permitted by the Act, any reproduction of the 
information, in whole or in part, requires the permission of the copyright holder. Most 
documents supplied by the Ministry of Defence will have been produced by government 
officials and will be Crown Copyright. You can find details on the arrangements for re-using 
Crown Copyright from the Office of Public Sector Information at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-
use/index.htm
 
Information you receive may also include third party owned information. Such information 
must not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without first obtaining the permission of any such 
third party rights holder. 
 
If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the 
handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal 
resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent 
internal review by contacting the Head of Corporate Information, 6th Floor, MOD Main 
Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail [email address]). Please note that any request for 
an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to 
reach informal resolution has come to an end. 
 
If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the 
Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information 
 

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Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the 
MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of  
the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, 
http://www.ico.gov.uk. 
 
Yours sincerely,  
 
 
 
FOI Manager               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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