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IOM Freedom of Information under threat!![]() In the first 6 months 41 requests have been made. There is already concern about the cost or potential cost. The plan is to extend the scope of the Act to all government departments on 1st January 2017 and to fully complete the process by January 2018.
The threat, written in a consultation paper, is to impose a cost limit for any request. Above that limit the public body may refuse to give an applicant the requested information.
PAG lobbied long and hard to get this law on the statute book. We consider it far too early to even be considering such a move and will be responding to the consultation. The Act has been in operation for far too short a period and the sample size is too small.
We urge government to extend the scope as promised and then review all aspects of the operation of the Act. It is in the public interest not to make an hasty decision now.
You of course can make your own submission and we urge you so to do! Add new comment
PAG Event: AbusePAG PUBLIC MEETING "ABUSE - It's NOT OK"A presentation by Tamasin Wedgwood & Marcia K Brabbs of Safe, Strong, Secure (3S)*7.30 p.m. Monday 5th September 2016Manx Legion Club, Market Hill, DouglasThe meeting is Free and Open to all
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Unite Isle of Man - the next five yearsPAG PUBLIC MEETING
The meeting is Free and Open to all
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A journey into uncharted territory
Constitutional and legal effects Protocol 3 will fall away. The Protocol is attached to the UK’s Accession Treaty – and is not part of the EU Treaty itself. Article 50 of the Treaty sets out how a Member State can leave the EU, and allows for a two-year window within which the departing Member has to negotiate its ‘withdrawal agreement’ (although this can be extended). It is anticipated that the UK’s ‘withdrawal agreement’ would set out its new relationship with the EU, but the UK Government has stated that this could take up to ten years to resolve. The Isle of Man’s underlying relationship with the Crown and the UK would not change. |
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