Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998
Dear City of Edinburgh Council,
Please advise who has the responsibility for ensuring all employees that authorise payments of invoices are fully cognisant with the terms of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
Yours faithfully,
Mary Thorburn
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Dear Ms Thorburn
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Acknowledgement of Request
Subject: Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
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Ms Mary Thorburn
Date: 24/07/2014
Our ref: 3989
Dear Ms Thorburn
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Release of Information
Subject: Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
Thank you for your request for information of 26/06/2014, where you asked
who has the responsibility for ensuring all employees that authorise
payments of invoices are fully cognisant with the terms of the Late
Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. Your request has been
processed under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and I can
advise that there is no one individual who is responsible in this regard.
Where any issue regarding late payment arises, advice is taken as
necessary.
To promote transparency and accountability, please note it is the
Council’s policy to publish all request details and responses made under
the freedom of information legislation. This information will be made
available through the Council’s website and will not include your personal
details. The disclosure log is available at the following link:
[1]http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/homepage/175....
Your right to seek a review
If you are unhappy with the way we have dealt with your request, you can
ask us to review our actions and decisions by writing to:
Head of Legal Risk and Compliance
The City of Edinburgh Council
Waverley Court Business Centre 2:1
4, East Market Street
Edinburgh
EH8 8BG or,
Email: [2]legal.[Edinburgh City Council request email]
Please note that your request must be in a recordable format (email,
letter, audio tape etc.), and that you have 40 working days upon receipt
of this letter to ask for a review. You will receive a full response to
your review request within 20 working days of its receipt. Please quote
the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the review, you can ask the
Scottish Information Commissioner to review our decision. You must submit
your complaint to the Commissioner within 6 months of receiving our review
response. The Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Fax: 01334 464611
Website [3]www.itspublicknowledge.info
E-mail: [4][email address]
Yours sincerely,
Sue Brown
Information Compliance Officer
Information Governance Unit
Level 2:1, Waverley Court, Edinburgh EH8 8BG Tel 0131 200 2340
[5][Edinburgh City Council request email] [6]www.edinburgh.gov.uk
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tommy left an annotation ()
"I can advise that there is no one individual who is responsible in this regard"Wonder why?