Portability (a) Employees are able to maintain their participation in the scheme should they transfer their employment between Catholic schools or to the Catholic Education Office. (b) The employee is obliged to notify the principal prior to appointment of their participation in the Deferred Salary Scheme and the date that leave is due to be taken. (c) Participation in the Deferred Salary Scheme shall not impede an application for employment in a Catholic school.
Transparency and Freedom of Information 15.1 The Contractor acknowledges that the Authority is subject to the requirements of FOISA and the Environmental Information Regulations. The Contractor shall: (a) provide all necessary assistance and cooperation as the Authority may reasonably request to enable the Authority to comply with its obligations under FOISA and Environmental Information Regulations; (b) transfer to the Authority all Requests for Information relating to this Agreement that the Contractor receives as soon as practicable and in any event within 2 Working Days of receipt; (c) provide the Authority with a copy of all information held on behalf of the Authority which is requested in a Request For Information and which is in the Contractor’s possession or control. The information must be provided within 5 Working Days (or such other period as the Authority may reasonably specify) in the form that the Authority requires. (d) not respond directly to a Request For Information addressed to the Authority unless authorised in writing to do so by the Authority. 15.2 If the Request for Information appears to be directed to information held by the Authority, the Contractor must promptly inform the applicant in writing that the Request for Information can be directed to the Authority. 15.3 If the Authority receives a Request for Information concerning the Framework Agreement, the Authority is responsible for determining at its absolute discretion whether the information requested is to be disclosed to the applicant or whether the information requested is exempt from disclosure in accordance with FOISA or the Environmental Information Regulations. 15.4 The Contractor acknowledges that the Authority may, acting in accordance with the Authority’s Code of Practice on the Discharge of Functions of Public Authorities issued under section 60(5) of FOISA (as may be issued and revised from time to time), be obliged under FOISA or the Environmental Information Regulations to disclose information requested concerning the Contractor or the Framework Agreement: 15.4.1 in certain circumstances without consulting the Contractor, or 15.4.2 following consultation with the Contractor and having taken its views into account.