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Tender CR/2010/18 Refining Benthic Process models (NewDepomod): EIR release
Information requested
You asked for information relating to the Scottish Government tender CR/2010/18 Refining Benthic Process models (NewDepomod):
Written report and policy recommendations Electronically navigable user guide and technical references Electronically navigable final report Research summary -giving a wider look at what the findings mean in a wider context
Response
As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.
This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.
Our aim is to provide information whenever possible.
Detected exemption language
We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. Research Summary: This summary, to the extent it can be currently presented in relation to consenting implications, is covered in Section 4.4 of the final report attached above.