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Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Act (FOI), 1997, establishes three new statutory rights:

• a legal right for each person to access information held by public bodies;
• a legal right for each person to have official information relating to him/herself amended when it is incomplete, incorrect or misleading; and
• a legal right to obtain reasons for decisions affecting oneself.

The Act asserts the right of members of the public to obtain access to official information to the greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest and the right to privacy of individuals.

The BCI has prepared an FOI reference booklet which aims to facilitate access to this official information held be the Commission. A link to this document is available below.

Show me the FOI reference booklet.

Show me the Freedom of Information Act ,1997.

Show me the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2001.