Codes of Practice under the FOI (Scotland) Act & Model Action Plan
FORMAT: PDF for Codes of Practice / Word document (online) for MAP
DATE: Various (see below)
COMMENT: The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 required Scottish Ministers to issue two Codes of Practice, under sections 60 and 61 of the Act. In addition the Keeper of the Records of Scotland has issued a generic Model Action Plan (MAP) to help Scottish public authorities develop records management arrangements that comply with the s.61 Code of Practice on Records Management.
Section 60 Code of Practice [FOI obligations, Sept 2004]
The Section 60 Code of Practice on the Discharge of Functions by Public Authorities provides guidance to Scottish public authorities on practices they should follow in meeting their FOI obligations. View
Section 61 Code of Practice [Records Management, Nov 2003]
The Section 61 Code of Practice on Records Management provides authorities with guidance as to the keeping, management and destruction of the authorities' records. View
Model Action Plan [Records Management]
The Keeper of the Records of Scotland produced a generic Model Action Plan to assist Scottish public authorities in the development of records management arrangements which comply with the Freedom of Information Scotland Act (2002) section 61 Code of Practice on Records Management. The Universities Scotland Freedom of Information Working Group used this generic model to produce a Model Action Plan for the Scottish Higher Education sector.
View Model Action Plan (Scottish Higher Education). Dec. 2003.
View generic Model Action Plan (Scottish public authorities).
SUGGESTED BY: National Archives of Scotland (list of online resources)
Originally published on the JIGG website.