Investigations Handbook
The Investigations Handbook sets out the detailed procedures we follow when investigating appeals under:
- The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA)
- The Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (the EIRs) and;
- The INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009.
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Investigations Handbook
The investigation process
There are four main strands to the investigation process:
- Validation: we must ensure an appeal is valid in law before we can investigate it
- Resolution: where possible we will resolve appeals without the need for a decision
- Investigation: we conduct a full investigation of appeals before reaching a decision
- Decision: the Commissioner issues a formal decision on the appeal.
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