By Philip Coppel

Information Rights provides the most comprehensive treatment on rights of access to official information in the United Kingdom.

The work gives a detailed analysis of the main statutory regimes: the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, and section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998. Their inter-relationship is clearly explained.

Information Rights also identifies and analyses numerous subject-specific statutory rights of access, including Pt VA of the Local Government Act 1972.

The second edition is a major update of the well-received first edition, including:

• Takes full account of the coming into force of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and new statutory instruments relating to fees, appropriate limits, time for compliance and relaxation of statutory prohibitions . • Comprehensive analysis of The Environmental Information Regulations 2004. • Updated account of subject-access rights under the Data Protection Act 1998 and their relationship to the Freedom of Information Act 2000. • Full exposition of the statutory rules governing proceedings in the Information Tribunal, including national security appeals. • Updated references to the replacement statutory codes of practice. • Full reference to guidance produced by the Information Commissioner, the Department of Constitutional Affairs and the National Archives • Comprehensive coverage of the first 50 decisions of the Information Tribunal. • Major re-working of confidential information to take account of developments in privacy law. • Updating of authorities. • Annotated versions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998, showing defined terms, legislative history and subordinate instruments. • All the main subordinate legislation and the Codes of Conduct.

Published Year: 2008 Format: n/a ISBN: 9780421964808 Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Our Price: £ 188.24 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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