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Course Description

AIE Regulations allow access to environmental information held by public authorities and the number of access requests under the AIE Regulations are steadily increasing. This course will focus on the requirements for processing a request, examine various exemptions, the appeals process, procedural issues, recent trends and statistics, key decisions / case studies and much more.

Attendees will leave the course with a much greater understanding of the AIE Regulations and common issues to watch out for.

Course Content

Understanding the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 to 2018
Recent Trends and Statistics

Defining “Public Authorities”
Defining “Information on the Environment”
Discoverable Information and Applying Exemptions
Procedural Issues:Charges and Timeframes
Review and Appeal Processes
Overview of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information
Key Decisions/Case Studies
The Role of the Decision Maker

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideally suited to anyone working within a public body responsible for processing AIE requests.

Certification

On completion of this one-day training course, you will receive your Certificate of Attendance. Please note certificates are issued at the close of the training course to participants on completion of the course.

This course may qualify for CPD points. Please check directly with your association or awarding body to see how many points they will award.