Will I always be given permission to re-use documents?

Not always. The regulations allow us to refuse requests for one or more of the following reasons:

• The document contains information in which intellectual property rights are owned by a third party.
• The content of the document is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Environmental Information Regulations.
• The document falls outside of the council's statutory functions.

If we refuse a request for re-use, we must inform you in writing of the reason for refusal.

Where the refusal is because intellectual property rights are owned by a third party, we should tell you who owns the relevant intellectual property rights (where we know that information) or the name of the person from whom we obtained the document.