7 December 2005, Local government (City council)
On 28/01/05 the complainant requested documents relating to the National School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. In its response, dated 07/03/05, CCC stated that it was necessary to consider the public interest in relation to this request, citing the exemption at section 36 of the Act, and indicated that it expected to be able to provide the outcome of their consideration of the public interest by 18/03/05. CCC neither advised the complainant of a decision nor released the information by 13/03/05 and still has not done so at the date of issuing the Decision Notice, despite the Commissioner's intervention. The Commissioner requires CCC to provide the complainant with either the information requested or a notice detailing why it is in the public interest to withhold or not confirm whether they hold the information.
FOI 1: Upheld