{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002/section-56",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/13",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Appeal against notices under Part 4",
  "text": "An appeal, on a point of law, to the Court of Session may be made—\n(a) against a decision by the Commissioner under subsection (2) of section 49, by the person who applied for that decision;\n(b) against a decision by the Commissioner under subsection (3)(b) of that section—\n(i) by that person; or\n(ii) by the Scottish public authority in respect of which the decision was made; or\n(c) against the decision which resulted in the giving of—\n(i) an information notice; or\n(ii) an enforcement notice,\nto a Scottish public authority, by that authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 56 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2009) by The INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/440), reg. 12(2)(i), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:59.929274+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}