The Isle of Man, like other Crown Dependencies, has been under pressure to introduce freedom of information legislation similar to that available in the UK under its Freedom of Information Act 2000, to establish the basic principle that its citizens enjoy a legal right to ask for information that is held by the public authorities.
That entitlement is now enshrined in the Isle of Man’s Freedom of Information Act 2015 (“the Act”) which takes effect on February 1 2016 in respect of information created on, or after October 11 2011.
In fact, the Isle of Man has had in place for many years a Code of Practice on Access to Government Information (“the Code”) which has gone a long way towards securing transparency in government.
Read the full article here: Freedom of Information Jan 2016