Publication Scheme
Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community limited is a wholly owned Highland Council Company limited by guarantee with a Board of Directors drawn from from community councils in the area of the Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm. Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community limited is therefore a public authority in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 gives a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities, sets out exemptions from that right and places a number of obligations on public authorities. Any person who makes a request to a public authority for information is entitled to receive that information, subject to exemptions.
Under Section 23 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community Limited must adopt and maintain a publication scheme setting out the information the company routinely makes publicly available. The publication scheme is attached. In addition, the company has to review the scheme from time to time. In adopting (or reviewing) their publication scheme, Beinn Tharsuinn windfarm community limited are required to have regard to the public interest in:
- allowing public access to information the company holds; and
- the publication of reasons for the decisions the company makes.
The publication scheme must:
- set out the classes of information which the company publishes or intend to publish;
- say how the company will publish the information in each class; and
- say if the company will provide the information free or charge for it.
The purpose of the publication scheme is to let you know what information is readily available from Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community Limited By readily available we mean that the information can be obtained from Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community Limited on request.
About the Publication Scheme
The Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community Limited Publication Scheme is based on the Model Publication Scheme for Publicly Owned (Active) Companies and has been developed by the Scottish Information Commissioner. The Scottish Information Commissioner is responsible for the promotion and enforcement of the Act.
Section 23 of the Act states that in adopting or reviewing its publication scheme the authority must have regard to the public interest in allowing public access to information about:
- the services provided by the authority
- the costs of those services;
- the standard attained by those services;
- the facts which form the basis of decisions taken by the authority which are of importance to the public; and
- the publication of reasons for decisions made by it.
Responsibility for the Publication Scheme
The Company Secretary is responsible for the publication scheme and maintains it on a daily basis.
Contact details are:-
Company Secretary Phil Tomalin
Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community Limited
c/o Highland Council Office
Drummuie
Golspie
Sutherland
KW10 6TA Tel: (01408) 635335
Complaints
If you have a complaint about this publication scheme, you should write, explaining your complaint, to:-
Company Secretary Phil Tomalin
Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm Community Limited
c/o Highland Council Office
Drummuie
Golspie
Sutherland
KW10 6TA Tel: (01408) 635335
If we are unable to resolve any complaint, you can complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner who oversees the Act and whose contact details are below. From 1st January 2005, when the general right of access comes into force, there will be a formal appeal mechanism when information is withheld. Further details on this will be available on the Commissioner’s website at www.itspublicknowledge.info before this date.
The contact details for the Commissioner are:
The Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife KY16 9DS
Tel: 01334 464610
Fax: 01334 464611
e-mail address: enquiries@itspublicknowledge.info