Welcome to the Publication Scheme for the Scottish Sports Council Trust Company. This is a guide to the information routinely made available by the company as required under section 23 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (the Act).
The Act 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 Act, the Scottish Sports Council Trust Company must adopt and maintain a publication scheme setting out the information we routinely make publicly available. In addition, we have to review the scheme from time to time. In adopting (or reviewing) our publication scheme, we are required to have regard to the public interest in:
- allowing public access to information we hold; and
- the publication of reasons for the decisions we make.
Our publication scheme must:
- set out the classes of information which we publish or intend to publish;
- say how we will publish the information in each class; and
- say if we will provide the information free or charge for it.
The purpose of our publication scheme is to let you know what information is readily available from us. By readily available we mean that the information can be obtained from us on request.
About this scheme
This 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.
We have therefore included, as far as possible, information about these matters in this scheme.
