Charging for environmental information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004

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Posted by ChrisCorbin on 24 Aug 2010

In order to assist public sector information holders especially those at the local government level the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on the 28th July 2010 published a guide on .

Guide Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

2. AIM OF THE GUIDANCE

3. KEY POINTS ABOUT CHARGING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

4. FREE ACCESS

Public registers and lists of environmental information What is a public register?
What is a list of environmental information?
Examination on site

5. WHAT CAN BE CHARGED FOR?

6. WHAT IS A REASONABLE AMOUNT?

Reasonable decision
What costs to allow
Other legislation

7. SCHEDULE OF CHARGES

8. ADVANCE PAYMENT

9. DISCRETION ON CHARGING

10. FORM AND FORMAT OF INFORMATION

11 THE RE-USE OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2005

12. REFUSAL ON COST GROUNDS

13. CHALLENGES TO CHARGES

Helpful Links

Legal Annex

Aarhus Convention
Aarhus Implementation Guide
Directive 2003/4/EC of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Code of Practice on the discharge of the obligations of public authorities under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data

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