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Zákon o slobodnem prístupe k informáciam vo svetle jeho ostatnej novely
Law on free access in the light of its recent amendment

Author(s): Matej Horvat
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: principle of transparency; principle of publicity of public administration; free access to information; obliged persons; restriction of access to information in protection against harm to competition

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the latest amendment to the Act on Free Access to Infor¬mation which entered into force on 1 January 2023. The amendment in question has affected a number of important provisions of the Act in particular the provisions on obliged persons (in particular legal persons as obliged persons), then it has stipulated a special procedure in relation to them in the event of failure to disclose the informa¬tion, also in the appeal procedure and, last but not least, it has also introduced a new way of restricting the access to information (restriction of access to information due to the protection against harm in competition). The article also deals with the minor offence in the area of access to information. The article analyses the positives and negatives of this amendment and whether the amendment has met its objective.

  • Issue Year: 18/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-23
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak
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