Juvenile CHIS

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Dear Fife Council,

Can you confirm or deny whether Fife Council has ever used Juvenile Covert Human Intelligence Sources? (Juvenile CHIS as authorised by s7 and s8(3)(c) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000).

Please treat this request as a Freedom of Information Request.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Deans

Fife Council

Dear Mr Deans,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Thank you for your information request received on 06/12/2018, our ref: 24988. This is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

We are presently assessing your request and may be in touch soon to ask for further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not able to fulfil your request in its present form.

The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we receive a valid request, including any clarification we require, to make a final response. We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification where necessary. We hope to provide you with the information you are looking for at an earlier date where possible.

Yours sincerely,

D Boyack
Information Requests

Fife Council

Dear Mr Deans,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I refer to your email dated and received 06/12/2018, our ref 24988.

I am pleased to enclose the information you requested and trust that it meets your requirements.

REQUEST
Can you confirm or deny whether Fife Council has ever used Juvenile Covert Human Intelligence Sources? (Juvenile CHIS as authorised by s7 and s8(3)(c) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000).

RESPONSE
Fife Council has not used Juvenile Covert Human Intelligence Sources

I would like to draw your attention to the copyright situation in relation to the material.

The council holds the copyright for all of the material provided and it may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. The source of the material must be acknowledged as Fife Council and the title of the document must be included when being reproduced as part of another publication or service.

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Head of Legal Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [email address]. The law provides for you to make this request up to 60 working days from when we received your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive this correspondence whichever is the later date. Where the outcome of the review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision.www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

Fife Council will consider and seek to resolve any request to the Head of Legal Services that falls outside these time scales.

Yours sincerely

D Boyack
Information Requests