Legal advice provided regarding independence referendum: FOI release

Information requested

Please provide me with the legislative advice and reference provided to the Scottish Government and First Minister relating to the proposed Independence Referendum as referred to by the Information Commissioner in recent media.

Response

We have interpreted your request as asking for the information the Scottish Government was required to release in order to comply with Decision 048/2022 of the Information Commissioner. The information covered by your request is provided at Annex 1.

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The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

Attachments

• Annex - 202200299367 2 page PDF 120.8 kB

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