If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with your request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (the Act), you have a right to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your request to the Head of Law and Administration, Angus Council, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or e-mail [Angus Council request email] within 40 working days.
Your request must:
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be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);
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give your name and address for correspondence;
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give details of the information which you originally requested from the council; and
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give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your application for information has been dealt with.
Your application for review will then be considered by the council's review panel. The review panel will write to you informing you of its decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.
Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:
If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council in accordance with the Act.
Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:
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be made within 6 months of receipt of the decision of the council's review panel (or within 6 months of the date that the review panel should have responded);
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be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);
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give your name and address for correspondence.
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give details of the request for information which you originally requested from the council;
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give details of why you were dissatisfied with the council's response to your original request;
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give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of the council's review panel.
The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-
Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax -01334 464611; Email - [email address])
