3.0.5.
information owner – state authorities, municipalities, legal entities irrespective of
the ownership type, and individuals as determined by Article 9 hereof to guarantee the right
of information access;
3.0.6.
request for information – written or oral application to acquire the information;
3.0.7.
information requester (hereinafter referred to as ‘the requester’) – legal entity or
individual applying in writing or verbally to acquire the information;
3.0.8.
information disclosure - distribution of information via mass media, official
publications, questionnaires and reference books; placement with Internet Information
Resources; declaration at briefings, press-releases or conferences; disclosure during official
or public events without any request for information;
Article 4. Scope of the Law
4.1.
This Law determines the following:
4.1.1.
terms, procedures and forms of information access, as well as grounds for denial
by the information owner from furnishing such information;
4.1.2.
limitations on public information access and procedures for disclosing and
presenting those portion of such information that is not regulated by other laws;
4.1.3.
procedures to effect a control over the organization of the process of acquiring the
information;
4.2.
The present Law does not apply to:
4.2.1.
the information constituting the state secret as set in the legislation;
4.2.2.
the provision of the working access to archived documents in accordance with the
Law of the Azerbaijan Republic ‘On National Archive Fund’;
4.2.3.
the proposals, claims and complaints regulated by the Law of the Azerbaijan
Republic ‘On Examining the Citizen’s Appeals’;
4.2.4.
the limitations determined by the international agreements.
Article 5. Legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic on Information Access
5.1.
Legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic on information access consists of the Constitution of the
Azerbaijan Republic, the present Law and the other legal acts elaborated on the basis of the present
Law’s requirements.
5.2.
Other legal acts of the Azerbaijan Republic cannot provide for any regulations contradicting the
requirements of the present Law.
Article 6. Principles of Information Access
6.0.
Basic principles of information access are as follows:
6.0.1.
free, unrestricted and equal settlement of any information request;
6.0.2.
eligibility of the information access;
6.0.3.
obligation of state authorities and municipalities to disclose the information;
6.0.4.
maximal transparency of information;
6.0.5.
execution of any information request as soon as practicable and under the most
appropriate method;