Retrieved from https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20240327034700/https://archive2021.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/112163.aspx [accessed 20 July 2025] There is a similar provision in the EIRs.iRegulation 10(2) of the EIRs clarifies that in considering the application of an exception (how exemptions are known in the EIRs), the public authority should interpret the exceptions in a restrictive way and apply a presumption in favour of disclosure.