102 Release and publication of datasets held by public authorities
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (2012 c 9) | Legislation

Part 6 Freedom of Information and Data Protection

Publication of certain datasets

102  Release and publication of datasets held by public authorities

(1)     The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 11 (means by which communication to be made)—

(a)     after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     Where—

(a)     an applicant makes a request for information to a public authority in respect of information that is, or forms part of, a dataset held by the public authority, and

(b)     on making the request for information, the applicant expresses a preference for communication by means of the provision to the applicant of a copy of the information in electronic form,

the public authority must, so far as reasonably practicable, provide the information to the applicant in an electronic form which is capable of re-use.”,

(b)     in subsection (4), for “subsection (1)” substitute “subsections (1) and (1A)”, and

(c)     after subsection (4) insert—

“(5)     In this Act “dataset” means information comprising a collection of information held in electronic form where all or most of the information in the collection—

(a)     has been obtained or recorded for the purpose of providing a public authority with information in connection

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