Freedom of Information

The Portfolio of Legal Affairs, in keeping with its statutory obligations, provides access to documents that it holds. Access is provided within the framework of the Freedom of Information Law, 2007.

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Law was passed on 19th October 2007 and comes into effect in January 2009. It gives the public a right of access to all types of records held by public authorities, but also sets out some exemptions from that right.

The FOI Law 2007 gives a number of rights to any person including the right:

To access a record other than an exempt record or an exempt portion of a record
To request that a record which contains a person�s personal information be amended or annotated if it is incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading and if it has been used, is being used or is available for use by a public authority for administrative purposes
To apply for a review of a decision that refuses access, gives partial access or defers access, or a decision to charge a fee, or a decision regarding the amount of the fee

FOI Contact

Information Manager

Claire Allen

Address: (Location)
Office of the Attorney General,
4th Floor, Government Administration Building,
133 Elgin Avenue, George Town,
Cayman Islands

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 136
Grand Cayman KY1-9000
CAYMAN ISLANDS
P: (345) 946-0022
F:(345) 946-0019
foi.plg@gov.ky

Publication Schemes

Each public authority covered by the Freedom of Information Law has a legal duty to adopt and maintain a publication scheme in accordance with s. 5 of the FOI Law. The main purpose of a publication scheme is to make information readily available without the need for specific written requests. Schemes are intended to encourage organisations to publish proactively, and develop a greater culture of openness.

The Law states that Information to be published by public authorities includes:-

the functions of the authority, what work it does and how it sets about its tasks.
the departments and agencies of the authority.
the subjects handled by each department or authority, with the locations of the departments and agencies and the opening hours of all offices.
the title and business address of the Principal Officer and other key officers within the authority.
Classes of records held.
Manuals, interpretations, rules, guidelines, practices or precedents.

Please check our publications section to see if the information you would like is not already available.

This website forms the Portfolio of Legal Affairs e-publication scheme, developed in compliance with Section 5 of the FOI Law

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Last Updated 2019-09-26