Summary: The complainant requested the mortality figures for a (named Doctor). The public authority refused to comply with the request by virtue of the provisions of section 12(1) of the Act. The Commissioner finds the public authority correctly relied on section 12(1). He however also finds that the public authority in breach of section 10(1) for failing to inform the complainant it held the information requested within 20 working days, and 17(5) for failing to specify within 20 working days that it was not complying with the request by virtue of the provision at section 12(1).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 12 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld