When is the deadline for foia information notice: earliest date for compliance?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Service of the information notice on the public authority; the notice cannot bite until the 28 day appeal period under GRC rule 22(1)(b) has run. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Service of the information notice on the public authority; the notice cannot bite until the 28 day appeal period under GRC rule 22(1)(b) has run
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- None: this is a floor on the Commissioner, not a concession to the authority. The Commissioner may specify a longer period but cannot specify a shorter one. Unlike the DPA 2018 regime there is no urgency override in FOIA, so no equivalent of the 24 hour urgent information notice under DPA 2018 s.142(7).
- The appeal period is supplied by the tribunal rules, not by FOIA: 28 days from the date the notice was sent (GRC Rules 2009, rule 22(1)(b)). Bringing an appeal suspends the obligation entirely. Failure to comply with an unappealed notice may be certified to the High Court under s.54.