When must I apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner?

The ordinary application limit expires six calendar months after actual receipt of the review notice, or after the applicable review-compliance period has elapsed. Establish the correct section 47(4) event. Prior review, section 48 exclusions and any different prescribed period remain separate checks.

Responsible actor. Applicant dissatisfied after the authority review stage.

Identify the actual public body or company and statutory branch.

Use the actual receipt of the review notice or established expiry of the review-compliance period.

Make a competent requirement for review first. Use actual receipt of a section21(5) or(9) notice, or the established expiry of the applicable review-compliance period. Section48 excludes listed authorities and matters. The Commissioner may consider a late application when appropriate, but this discretion is not calculated.

Establish the actual statutory event, exact branch, current applicable regime and completion route. Only the encoded ordinary periods and fully supplied supported qualifications are calculated.

1. Exclude the event day and use calendar months. The calculator uses the corresponding target date. A missing corresponding date requires separate interpretation review. It does not infer the authority’s review deadline, postal receipt or a new period from later correspondence.
2. No weekend, bank-holiday or court-holiday extension is inferred for this statutory application period. Use the Commissioner’s applicable application route and confirm when the application is made.
3. Complete the actual statutory act within the applicable period.

Exclude the event day and use calendar months. The calculator uses the corresponding target date. A missing corresponding date requires separate interpretation review. It does not infer the authority’s review deadline, postal receipt or a new period from later correspondence.

No weekend, bank-holiday or court-holiday extension is inferred for this statutory application period. Use the Commissioner’s applicable application route and confirm when the application is made.

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. The actual legal event, branch, unaltered period and completion route are established.

Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.

Source condition 1

A competent requirement for review was made. I established its actual date and the applicable review procedure.

Source condition 2

The selected notice or failure branch applies. I established actual notice receipt or actual expiry under section 21, including any applicable variation.

Source condition 3

Section 48 does not exclude this application. The request and authority fall within the Commissioner’s jurisdiction.

Source condition 4

The ordinary six-month period applies. No different prescribed period or discretionary late consideration is assumed.

• Establish the actual statutory event, exact branch, current applicable regime and completion route. Only the encoded ordinary periods and fully supplied supported qualifications are calculated.
• The related procedures have their own actor, event and period. A court appeal, authority review or other complaint does not automatically replace this statutory event.

• A competent requirement for review was made. I established its actual date and the applicable review procedure.
• The selected notice or failure branch applies. I established actual notice receipt or actual expiry under section 21, including any applicable variation.
• Section 48 does not exclude this application. The request and authority fall within the Commissioner’s jurisdiction.
• The ordinary six-month period applies. No different prescribed period or discretionary late consideration is assumed.
• Check the actual statutory completion or delivery route and applicable cutoff.
• Make a competent requirement for review first. Use actual receipt of a section 21(5) or(9) notice, or the established expiry of the applicable review-compliance period. Section 48 excludes listed authorities and matters. The Commissioner may consider a late application when appropriate, but this discretion is not calculated.