Danish Access to Public Administration Files Act
The Act gives a right of access to documents held by public administration, sets out the exceptions, including internal documents, and lays down deadlines for the authority's response. A refusal may be appealed and brought before the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
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Reference
- Reference
- LBK nr 145 af 24/02/2020
- Area
- Public administration, access and planning
- Supervision
- Folketingets Ombudsmand
- Publisher
- Retsinformation
- Checked
- 2026-09-10
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Related acts
- Danish Public Administration ActLBK nr 433 af 22/04/2014
- Danish Planning ActLBK nr 223 af 01/03/2024
- Danish Companies ActLBK nr 1168 af 01/09/2023
- Danish Financial Statements ActLBK nr 1057 af 23/09/2024
- Danish Bookkeeping ActLOV nr 700 af 24/05/2022
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