As it stands, the proposed code does not fully reflect changes in the interpretation of the #FOI Act resulting from Upper Tribunal and court decisions
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fails to properly explain the advice that should be provided when
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is weaker in key respects that the 2004 version of the code it is intended to replace, omitting numerous helpful passages from it. The effect is to limit rather than extend the spread of
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Best Practice - the inference that as opposed to best practice, there is minimum practice, leaving legal discharge of functions placed upon the public body discretionary. Which relies on the diligent use of discretion, subjective in that there is an element of choice = Ambiguity
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Rid this code of any ambiguity of standards – the minimum standard required being the Gold Standard at all times.
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