19 Publication schemes
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (2000 c 36) | Legislation

Publication schemes

19  Publication schemes

(1)     It shall be the duty of every public authority—

(a)     to adopt and maintain a scheme which relates to the publication of information by the authority and is approved by the Commissioner (in this Act referred to as a “publication scheme”),

(b)     to publish information in accordance with its publication scheme, and

(c)     from time to time to review its publication scheme.

(2)     A publication scheme must—

(a)     specify classes of information which the public authority publishes or intends to publish,

(b)     specify the manner in which information of each class is, or is intended to be, published, and

(c)     specify whether the material is, or is intended to be, available to the public free of charge or on payment.

[(2A)     A publication scheme must, in particular, include a requirement for the public authority concerned—

(a)     to publish—

(i)     any dataset held by the authority in relation to which a person makes a request for information to the authority, and

(ii)     any up-dated version held by the authority of such a dataset,

unless the authority is satisfied that it is not appropriate for the dataset to be published,

(b)     where reasonably

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