Scottish FOI legislation to be strengthened
Jun 1, 2012
Bishop Hill in FOI

The report is here. One could almost imagine that this was a direct result of Climategate:

Our proposed Bill will allow for greater flexibility in reducing the lifespan of exemptions, paving the way for more information to be made public earlier.  The Bill also makes the legislation stronger by making more effective the ability to bring a prosecution where requested information has been deliberately altered, destroyed or concealed.

According to the bill, the new statute of limitations is proposed to be three years, with prosecutors having six months to bring their case after they have obtained sufficient evidence.

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