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UK Freedom of Information Act Comes Into Force

Posted by michael on from the only-as-good-as-the-enforcement dept.

norfolkboy writes "The UK Freedom of Information Act comes into force today, 1st January 2005. Under the new law, passed by Parliament in 2000, all citizens will have information to any non-exempt information from ANY English, Scottish, or Welsh public sector authority or institution, and the information must be presented within twenty days."

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  1. Re: have information to any non-exempt information by ravenspear · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you'd think the editors would proofread a submission

    You must be new here.

    No wait, I see you have a 5 digit UID. In that case, you must live in a hole with a blindfold on.