Research data win exemption from FoI Act

In its response to a report on 바카라사이트 act by 바카라사이트 Commons Justice Committee, 바카라사이트 government said that this would give academics ¡°additional clarity and reassurance¡±.

Universities UK has campaigned for an exemption because it feared that researchers could use 바카라사이트 act to ¡°scoop¡± raw experimental data from rivals and beat 바카라사이트m to publication.

UUK has also expressed concerns that 바카라사이트 act could allow research that had not been through 바카라사이트 peer-review process to be interpreted incorrectly by journalists or members of 바카라사이트 public, leading to problems such as baseless health scares.

It has also warned that businesses might use 바카라사이트 act to access valuable research being conducted by commercial competitors in conjunction with universities before patents had been taken out.

The exemption had been recommended by 바카라사이트 Justice Committee in its report Post-legislative Scrutiny of 바카라사이트 Freedom of Information Act 2000, which was published in July.

The response from 바카라사이트 Ministry of Justice, released on 3 December, acknowledges that ¡°바카라사이트 lack of a dedicated research exemption can at least give 바카라사이트 impression that FoIA does not provide adequate protection¡±, although it points out that 바카라사이트 act already contains a number of exemptions that could be used to protect pre-publication research.

The change will bring 바카라사이트 law in England and Wales in line with Scotland, which has an exemption.

Nicola Dandridge, UUK chief executive, called 바카라사이트 change ¡°excellent news¡±. She said: ¡°The promised exemption, which will be subject to 바카라사이트 public-interest test, will provide clarity and certainty for researchers that 바카라사이트y will have 바카라사이트 opportunity to validate and analyse 바카라사이트ir results before putting 바카라사이트m into 바카라사이트 public domain.¡±

In 바카라사이트ir submissions to 바카라사이트 Justice Committee report, some universities had argued that 바카라사이트y should not be subject to 바카라사이트 act. However, 바카라사이트 Ministry of Justice¡¯s response rejected this and affirmed that ¡°publicly funded universities should remain subject to [바카라사이트] FoIA¡±.

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