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• In 2005 the now MOJ issued some guidance on competancy for Information Rights Staff. These were not widely publised so they are now available from this web site to down load.
  
• DEFRA are preparing some new guidelnes for EIR. These will be issued shortly
  

• Coroners and Justice Act received Royal Assent in November 2009 and gives new powers to the Information Commissioner by amending the Data Protection Act 1998.

  • Powers to issue deadlines under Information Notices

  • Powers to have a single code of practice

  • Powers to make staff of organisations provide information where the organisation has a warrent issued

  • Power to carry out assessments in Government Departments without invitation.

  • Power to extend this by order to other public bodies

  •  Increase the fee for notification by larger organisations from £35 to £500

• EIR Decision notices and Tribunal decisions now available on the DEFRA website
  • It is difficult to identify EIR specific notices on the ICO site so DEFRA have an easy read available.
• DEFRA has issued some new guidance on EIR and publication schemes. 
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• The Queens speech in 2010 has announced some changes to FOI, RIPA and CCTV. although worded in very general terms. As new legislation is announced this will be made available