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Version date: 14 October 2015 - onwards
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8. Publication of information about FOI bodies

(1) An FOI body shall -

(a) prepare and publish a scheme ("publication scheme"), concerning the publication of information by the body -

(i) in conformity with the model publication scheme (if any) referred to in subsection (7), or

(ii) in accordance with any guidelines on publication schemes published by the Minister under the code referred to in section 48,

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

(c) review and update its publication scheme not later than 3 years after its publication and subsequently not later than each third year thereafter.

(2) A publication scheme shall include -

(a) the classes of information that the FOI body has published or intends to publish,

(b) the terms under which it will make such information available and, where the material is not available without charge, the charge,

(c) a general description of its structure and organisation, functions, powers and duties, any services it provides for the public and the procedures by which any such services may be availed of by the public,