Grandfather rights in the development of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015: FOI release

Information requested

All records in whatever medium relating to the Government’s decision in reference to consideration of Grandfather rights in the development of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015.

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. The information being released is as follows:

Document 1 - Excerpt from Consultation Response from The Shooters’ Rights Association to Proposals for Air Weapons Licensing in Scotland sent March 2013.

Document 2 - Respondent Information Form as part of a Consultation Response to Proposals for Air Weapons Licensing in Scotland sent March 2013.

Document 3 - Excerpt from Consultation Response to Proposals for Air Weapons Licensing in Scotland sent 12 March 2013.

Document 4 - Email exchange from Scottish Parliament to Scottish Government containing additional evidence from the Institute of Licensing following an evidence Session with the Local Government and Regeneration Committee on the Air Weapons and Licensing Bill sent in January 2015.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption(s) under section(s) 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal data of third parties) applies to this information. The reasons why that exemption(s) applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

Annex – Reasons for not providing information

An exemption under Section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal data of third parties) applies to some of the information you have requested. The names and contact details of individuals have been redacted from Document 2, 3 & 4 in the attached information. Details noted in Document 2 & 3 are from third party individuals responding to a public consultation and requested their details not be identifiable in responding to the consultation. Additionally, personal details noted in Document 4 have been redacted to remove the personal details of the officials involved at the time. Since it has been some considerable time since the information was created, it is expected many individuals will no longer be in these roles. Disclosing this information would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

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FOI 202400430133 - Information released - Annex

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