What's new
We will update this page to highlight and link to what’s new in our guidance and Guide to the Environmental Information Regulations.
December 2023
We have updated our guidance on Regulation 13 (when personal information is exempt from disclosure under these access regimes when certain conditions are met).
November 2023
We have updated our guidance on Regulation 12(4)(c) - Requests formulated in too general a manner.
March 2023
We have updated guidance on Regulation 12(4)(d): Material in the course of completion, unfinished documents and incomplete data.
February 2023
We have updated guidance on:
- Regulation 12(4)(b): Manifestly unreasonable requests
- Regulation 12(9): Information on emissions
- Regulation 12(5)(d): Confidentiality of proceedings
- Regulation 12(5)(c) – intellectual property rights
- Time limits for compliance under the EIR
January 2023
We have updated the guidance on Information you hold for the purposes of the EIR.
December 2022
We have updated the guidance on:
- Protection of the environment – regulation 12(5)(g) section within: When can we refuse a request for environmental information?
- International relations, defence, national security or public safety (regulation 12(5)(a))
October 2022
We have updated the guidance on the exception for internal communications.
August 2022
We have updated the guidance on public authorities under the EIR.
July 2022
We have updated the guidance on how exceptions and the public interest test work in the Environmental Information Regulations.
February 2022
We updated What is environmental information.
December 2021
We have updated the guidance on
- Interpreting and clarifying requests
- Requests about previous information requests (meta requests)
- Determining whether we hold environmental information
We have also updated the verbal request log sheet for environmental information.
November 2021
We have updated the guidance to Regulation 9 – Advice and Assistance and Internal reviews under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).
October 2021
We have updated the guidance on:
- Confidentiality of commercial or industrial information (regulation 12(5)(e))
- Regulation 12(5)(b) – The course of justice and inquiries exception
- The right to recorded information and requests for documents
- Form and format of information (regulation 6)
August 2021
We have updated the guidance to Refusing a request under the EIR.
May 2021
We have updated the guidance to Charging for information under the EIR.
December 2020
We have updated the guidance on:
October 2020
We have updated the guidance on: