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        </Number><Title>Access to information held by Scottish public authorities</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/part/1/crossheading/right-to-information" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/part/1/crossheading/right-to-information" NumberOfProvisions="16" RestrictStartDate="2020-05-27" id="part-1-crossheading-right-to-information" RestrictExtent="S"><Title>Right to information</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2010-10-01"><Title> Means of providing information</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11" id="section-11"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">11</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/1" id="section-11-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where, in requesting information from a Scottish public authority, the applicant expresses a preference for receiving it by any one or more of the means mentioned in subsection (2), the authority must, so far as is reasonably practicable, give effect to that preference.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/2" id="section-11-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The means are—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/2/a" id="section-11-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the provision to the applicant, in permanent form or in another form acceptable to the applicant, of a copy of the information;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/2/b" id="section-11-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>such provision to the applicant of a digest or summary of the information; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/2/c" id="section-11-2-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the provision to the applicant of a reasonable opportunity to inspect a record containing the information.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/3" id="section-11-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In determining, for the purposes of subsection (1), what is reasonably practicable, the authority may have regard to all the circumstances, including cost; and where it determines that it is not reasonably practicable to give effect to the preference it must notify the applicant of the reasons for that determination.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/4" id="section-11-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Subject to subsection (1), information given in compliance with section 1(1) may be given by any means which are reasonable in the circumstances.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/11/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2002/13/section/11/5" id="section-11-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Such tests of reasonable practicability as are imposed by this section are not to be construed as detracting from any duty which a  <Substitution ChangeId="key-1b724dd74f1357521bd7757bdcab75d9-1525944189792" CommentaryRef="key-1b724dd74f1357521bd7757bdcab75d9">person has under or by virtue of section 29 of the Equality Act 2010 (provision of services </Substitution><Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la"><Substitution ChangeId="key-1b724dd74f1357521bd7757bdcab75d9-1525944189792" CommentaryRef="key-1b724dd74f1357521bd7757bdcab75d9">etc</Substitution></Abbreviation><Substitution ChangeId="key-1b724dd74f1357521bd7757bdcab75d9-1525944189792" CommentaryRef="key-1b724dd74f1357521bd7757bdcab75d9">)</Substitution>  (duty to make adjustments to practices, policies, procedures or physical features so that use of services by disabled persons is facilitated or made possible).</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-1b724dd74f1357521bd7757bdcab75d9" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in s. 11(5) substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 2 para. 103 (as inserted) (1.10.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2279" id="cymmtuhp2-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="2279" Title="The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010">The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cymmtuhp2-00008" CitationRef="cymmtuhp2-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2279/article/1/2" SectionRef="article-1-2">art. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cymmtuhp2-00009" CitationRef="cymmtuhp2-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2279/schedule/1/paragraph/6" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-6" Operative="true">Sch. 1 para. 6</CitationSubRef> (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>