# Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, Section 14: Vexatious or repeated requests


(1) Section 1(1) does not oblige a Scottish public authority to comply with a request for information if the request is vexatious.
(2) Where a Scottish public authority has complied with a request from a person for information, it is not obliged to comply with a subsequent request from that person which is identical or substantially similar unless there has been a reasonable period of time between the making of the request complied with and the making of the subsequent request.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002/section-14
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