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Does the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 only apply to records created from 1st January 2005, when it came into force?

April 26, 2017ACT Freedom january 2005 records scotland

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Does the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 only apply to records created from 1st January 2005, when it came into force?

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The Freedom of Information Act is fully retrospective, subject to the Public Records Act, and covers all permanent material including CCTV, digital and paper records. You can ask for information from any time period, not just from January 2005, and if we have it we will let you have access to it.