MODES OF PROVIDING PUBLIC INFORMATION

This article is concerned with the modes of providing public information in the light of the Polish Access to Public Information Act. This Polish regulation lays down the concept of wide access to public information. In principle, everybody has a right to be informed of every public affair that includes access to documents and sessions of public authorities appointed by election. One is entitled to exercise the mentioned right without the need to provide any legal or factual reason.The author presents some ways of exercising the right to public information and the related duties of authorities and other entities obliged to disclose information. Information about public affairs is published in the Bulletin of Public Information accessible on web sites. This is the basic way to ensure access to that information. The information that is not published in the Bulletin is available on request. In such case, the written form of application is not required when the information can be imparted immediately. Furthermore the author undertakes an attempt to specify the legal forms of authorities’ actions that take place during a procedure initiated by the application. The last characterised mode of access to public information is openness and transparency of sessions of collective authorities appointed by election