Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
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The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a Scottish law that grants the public a legal right to access information held by Scottish public authorities, promoting transparency and accountability in government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5892781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Context triple: [Freedom of Information Act 2000, complementedBy, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002]
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A.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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B.
Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 is a key piece of UK legislation that established devolved government in Scotland by creating the Scottish Parliament and defining its powers.
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C.
Scotland Act 2012
The Scotland Act 2012 is UK legislation that expanded the powers of the Scottish Parliament, particularly in areas such as taxation and borrowing.
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D.
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 are UK regulations that implement the EU PSI Directive, setting the framework for how public sector information can be accessed, licensed, and reused by individuals and businesses.
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E.
Scotland Act 2016
The Scotland Act 2016 is a UK Parliament law that significantly expanded the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament, particularly over taxation and welfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Target entity description: The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a Scottish law that grants the public a legal right to access information held by Scottish public authorities, promoting transparency and accountability in government.
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A.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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B.
Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 is a key piece of UK legislation that established devolved government in Scotland by creating the Scottish Parliament and defining its powers.
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C.
Scotland Act 2012
The Scotland Act 2012 is UK legislation that expanded the powers of the Scottish Parliament, particularly in areas such as taxation and borrowing.
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D.
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 are UK regulations that implement the EU PSI Directive, setting the framework for how public sector information can be accessed, licensed, and reused by individuals and businesses.
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E.
Scotland Act 2016
The Scotland Act 2016 is a UK Parliament law that significantly expanded the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament, particularly over taxation and welfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of the Scottish Parliament
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freedom of information law ⓘ |
| appealRoute | Court of Session ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
NHS bodies in Scotland
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Scottish Government ⓘ Scottish further and higher education institutions ⓘ Scottish police authorities (pre-reform) and Police Scotland (via later extension) ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Police Authority
Scottish public authorities ⓘ local authorities in Scotland ⓘ publicly owned companies designated by Scottish Ministers ⓘ |
| commencementDate | 2005-01-01 ⓘ |
| containsProvisionOn |
appeals to the Scottish Information Commissioner
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enforcement notices ⓘ exemptions from disclosure ⓘ fees and cost limits ⓘ offences relating to alteration or destruction of information ⓘ public interest test ⓘ publication schemes ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createsOffice | Scottish Information Commissioner ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo |
UK Government departments
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linked to:
UK central government departments
non-devolved UK public authorities ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism | decisions and enforcement by the Scottish Information Commissioner ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | devolved matters in Scotland ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Jim Wallace
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Scottish Executive ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Government
|
| jurisdiction | Scotland ⓘ |
| keySection |
Section 1 (general entitlement)
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Section 2 (effect of exemptions) ⓘ Section 3 (Scottish public authorities) ⓘ Section 60 (Scottish Ministers’ Code of Practice on the discharge of functions) ⓘ Section 61 (Code of Practice on records management) ⓘ |
| legislature | Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the disclosure of information held by Scottish public authorities or by persons providing services for them and for connected purposes ⓘ |
| policyArea |
access to information law
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open government ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
to promote accountability in Scottish public authorities
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to promote transparency in Scottish public authorities ⓘ to provide a general right of access to information held by Scottish public authorities ⓘ |
| regulator | Scottish Information Commissioner ⓘ |
| relatedLegislation |
Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004
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linked to:
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Freedom of Information Act 2000 ⓘ |
| rightCreated |
right of access to recorded information held by Scottish public authorities
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right to request information from Scottish public authorities ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 2002-05-28 ⓘ |
| sectionCountApproximate | 73 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 ⓘ |
| status | in force ⓘ |
| timeLimitForResponse | 20 working days ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 2002 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Description of subject: The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a Scottish law that grants the public a legal right to access information held by Scottish public authorities, promoting transparency and accountability in government.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
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shortTitle
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Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
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