Freedom of Information (FOI)
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (the Act) came into full force on 1 January 2005. The Act aims to increase openness and accountability in government and across the public sector by ensuring that people have the right to access information held by Scottish public authorities (including the Registers of Scotland). People can see and question how such bodies function and how decisions are made.
The Act is enforced by the Scottish Information Commissioner. The Commissioner is a fully independent public official and has a wide variety of powers under the Act to ensure compliance. His duties and legal powers should ensure that people get the information to which they are entitled. He has a number of responsibilities which include: dealing with complaints, promoting good practice to authorities, informing the public about the Act and enforcing the Act.
If you want to read the Act itself, click here.
Requesting Information from RoS under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002:
All requests for information must be in writing and include contact details for a response. You can email your request to us at customer.services@ros.gov.uk. For further information about making a request under the Act please read the RoS Publication Scheme.
Publication Scheme
The Registers of Scotland (RoS) offers a publication scheme in order to set out the classes of information which RoS publishes or intends to publish. Along with other Scottish public authorities, RoS is under a statutory duty (Section 23 of the 2002 Act) to adopt and maintain such a scheme. View RoS Freedom of Information Publication Scheme