Guide to information available through our publication scheme

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (the Act) requires Scottish public authorities to produce and maintain a publication scheme. Authorities are under a legal obligation to:

• publish the classes of information that they make routinely available
• tell the public how to access the information and what it might cost.

sportscotland and the Scottish Sports Council Trust Company have adopted the Model Publication Scheme 2011 produced by the Scottish Information Commissioner. He has approved this scheme until 31 May 2015. You can see this scheme on our website at the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website or by contacting us at the address below.

The purpose of this Guide to Information is to:

• allow the public to see what information is available (and what is not available) in relation to each class,
• state what charges may be applied
• explain how to find the information easily
• provide contact details for enquiries and to get help with accessing the information
• explain how to request information we hold that has not been published

Availability and formats

The information we publish through the model scheme is, wherever possible, available on our website. We offer alternative arrangements for people who do not want to, or cannot, access the information online or by inspection at our premises. For example, we can usually arrange to send information to you in paper copy (although there may be a charge for this).

Exempt information

We will publish the information we hold that falls within the classes of information below. If a document contains information that is exempt under Scotland’s freedom of information laws (for example sensitive personal information or a trade secret), we will remove or redact the information before publication and explain why.

Copyright

The supply of documents under Freedom of Information does not give the person or organisation who receives them an automatic right to re-use the documents in a way that would infringe copyright, for example, by making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies to the public.

Unless otherwise stated, sportscotland reserves copyright (and all other rights) in all information available under this publication scheme, whether that information is in electronic or hard-copy format, text or graphics, and regardless of whether the copyright © symbol (and/or any other symbol) appears. The right to information under this scheme does not include permission to reproduce that information. Such use may infringe copyright (and/or other rights), and consent of the copyright holder (and/or the holder of any other rights) should always be sought.

With regard to the website in particular, all rights, including copyright, are reserved by sportscotland. In accessing the webpages, you agree that any downloading of content is for personal, non-commercial reference only. No part of the website may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, unless otherwise stated, without the prior consent of sportscotland.

Charges

This section explains when we may make a charge for our publications and how any charge will be calculated.

There is no charge to view information on our website or at our premises.

We may charge for providing information to you e.g., photocopying and postage, but we will charge you no more than it actually costs us to do so. We will always tell you what the cost is before providing the information to you.

A single print-out from our website can be requested (or a hard copy of the document except where indicated). These will be provided free of charge.

Requests for multiple-printouts from the website or for multiple hard copies may attract a charge for the cost of printing, photocopy, postage etc. Printing and photocopy costs will not exceed £1 per 10 pages.

Although we will normally provide a single copy free of charge we may also charge where a substantial number of multiple documents are required to respond to a request. In this case, printing and photocopying charges will also not exceed £1 per 10 pages.

Postage costs will be recharged at the rate we paid to send the information to you.

When providing copies of pre-printed publications, we will charge no more than the cost per copy of the total print run.

We do not pass on any other costs to you in relation to our published information.

Please note that this charging schedule does not apply to our commercial publications (see Class 8 below). These items are offered for sale through retail outlets such as book shops, academic journal websites or museum shops and their price reflects a ‘market value’ which may include the cost of production.

Contact us

You can contact us for assistance with any aspect of this publication scheme:

Jennifer Anderson
Legal Officer
sportscotland
Doges
Templeton on the Green
62 Templeton Street
Glasgow
G40 1DA

Email: jennifer.anderson@sportscotland.org.uk

Tel: 0141 534 1175
Fax: 0141 534 6501

We will also advise you how to ask for information that we do not publish or how to complain if you are dissatisfied with any aspect of this publication scheme.

Disclaimer

Whilst every attempt is made to ensure that information provided by sportscotland is accurate and up-to-date, some information is subject to change. No responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of sportscotland for any errors, omissions, or misleading statements within the information. Responsibility can also not be taken for action or inaction as a result of information obtained from sportscotland. In the case of information provided on the website, this also includes information obtained through any site to which the pages connect, including any feature or aspect of such site or pages, whether provided by sportscotland or by any organisation, company or individual. sportscotland will not be held liable for any such information and reserves the right to alter the content of information at any time.