دانلود کتاب Government and Information Rights: The Law Relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation

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Preface\nList of abbreviations\nTable of statutes\nTable of statutory instruments\nTable of European legislation\nTable of international legislation\nTable of cases\nChapter 1 The freedom of information legislation\n Introduction and overview\n The Commons Public Administration Committee’s investigation\n The exemptions\n The Information Commissioner (IC)\n Data protection and access to information\n Coverage\n Codes\n Points of significant departure from the White Paper\n Preparing for the Act\n How the Act works\n The Independent Commission on Freedom of Information\n The Scottish Freedom of Information Act 2002\n The Welsh Assembly Code\n Conclusion\nChapter 2 Data protection, access to personal information and privacy protection\n Introduction – the context of Data Protection Reform\n Introducing DPA\n Data Protection Act 2018\n Records and the common law\n Access to Medical Reports Act 1988\n Access to Health Records Act 1990\n Privacy protection\n The press and media\n Injunctions and super-injunctions\n Data exchange, matching and information sharing and other problems\n Data held by the police and records\n Duties to disclose information\n Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003\n The eIDAS Regulation\n Computer misuse and ‘hacking’\nChapter 3 Access to environmental information\n Introduction\n The Environmental Information Regulations 2004\n Costs under EIR cases\n Spatial data\nChapter 4 Central government\n Introduction\n The 1994 Code on Access (revised in 1997)\n The use of the Ombudsman\n The Code\n The movement to transparency\n Government and the internet\n Re-use of public sector information\n Format of documents\n Public Records Acts as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000\n Provision of information to Parliament\n Government publicity and the media and press\n Elections and referendums\n Select Committees\n Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration – Parliamentary Ombudsman\n Civil servants and their duties and responsibilities to ministers\n Official Secrets Acts 1911–1989 (OSAs 1911–1989)\n Security classifications\n The categories of protected information\n The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016\n Information entrusted ‘in confidence’ to other states or international organisations\n Receipt of unauthorised information or that entrusted in confidence\n What constitutes lawful authority?\n Safeguarding information\n Role of the Attorney-General and penalties\n Police powers\n Exclusion of public from proceedings\n Public interest defence\n Defence of prior publication\n MPs and privilege\n Legal professional privilege\n Defence and Security Media Advisory System (D notice system)\n Formalities, discipline, authors and the OSA 1989\n The Official Secrets Act 1989 and the European Court of Human Rights\n Law Commission Consultation on Protection of Official Data\n Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 as amended\n The law relating to the protection of confidentiality\n Privacy protection\n Banning broadcasting\nChapter 5 The European perspective\n The Decisions and the Code on Access\n The EC Regulation on Access (Article 255 EC)\n Commission proposals for ‘recasting’ Regulation 1049/2001\n The European Ombudsman\n Brexit and future relationships concerning access\n The Council of Europe\nChapter 6 Local government as providers and keepers of information\n Introduction\n New model executives for authorities\n Executive meetings and access to information\n Local government and administrative practice on access\n The Local Government and Housing Act 1989\n Standards of conduct\n ‘Whistleblower’ arrangements – Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998\n Commission for local administration\n Restricting publicity by authorities\n Quasi local government\n Section 137 expenditure\n Economic development\n Local enterprise partnerships\n Local authority loans\n Local authorities and controlled companies\n Urban development corporations\n Housing action trusts\n Council tax\n Non-domestic rating\n Local access forums\n Police\nChapter 7 Restrictions on the use of, and access to, information by public officials and representatives\n Central government\n European Union\n Local government\n Other public bodies\n Publication of information\n Regulatory agencies\n Executive agencies\n Appointments to public bodies and terms of conduct\nChapter 8 Public access to information and access to meetings\n General access under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985\n Local authority meetings\n Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960\n Extension of Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985\n Conclusion\nChapter 9 Information and open government – specific areas\n Policy and finance in local government\n Education\n Housing\n Planning and the environment\n Commercial enterprise and contracting\nChapter 10 Information, redress of grievance and judicial review\n Introduction\n Internal complaints and grievance procedures\n Complaints\n Remedies\n Internal complaints procedures, ombudsmen, tribunals and courts\n The Response to Leggatt\n ADR and the courts\n The Draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill\n Redress of grievance within authorities and openness and information\n Fair procedure, information, openness and the courts\nChapter 11 Litigation and information\n In camera or private hearings\n Protocols on police information\n Disclosure (discovery)\n Disclosure and judicial review\n Public interest immunity\n Legal professional privilege\n Other forms of privilege\n Freezing orders and search orders\n Proceeds of Crime Act 2002\n European law\nChapter 12 The National Audit Office and the Comptroller and Auditor General\n The National Audit Act 1983\n Economy, efficiency and effectiveness – the ‘three Es’\n The exclusion of policy\n The CAG reports\nAnnex A Freedom of Information Act 2000, Schedule 1\nAnnex B List of statutory provisions concerning prohibitions on disclosure of information\nIndex