Who do the EIRs apply to?
The EIRs apply to all public authorities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Scottish public authorities will be covered by Scotland’s own EIRs. ‘Public authority’ means government departments and any other public authority as defined in FOIA; but also the following authorities which are not covered by FOIA: • any other body or other person, that carries out functions of public administration, such as utility companies; or • any other body or other person under the control of the aforementioned, such as waste contractors performing waste collection on behalf of a local authority.
Related Questions
- Why do the EIRs not backdate the requirement to make information available electronically to 28 January 2003 (when the Directive entered into force)?
- What do I do if at internal review stage we decide that an application should have been considered under the EIRs and not the Act (or vice versa)?
- The EIRs aren under an absolute exemption from FOI, so doesn that mean the public interest test is carried out twice?
