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Cite as: [2010] UKICO FS50249917
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BBC (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50249917 (25 October 2010)
Summary: The complainant requested the names of courts to which the BBC had applied for search warrants to determine the illegal use of a television receiver over a 5 year period. The BBC refused to disclose the information and relied on section 31(1)(a),(b),(d) and (g). The Commissioner decided that none of the exemptions at section 31 were engaged and that the information should be disclosed. The Commissioner also recorded a number of procedural breaches.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 31 - Complaint Upheld