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Cite as: [2010] UKICO FS50266075
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BBC (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50266075 (28 June 2010)
Summary: The complainant made requests to the BBC for any communications or information generated relating to the handling of his complaint to BBC Editorial Complaints Unit and subsequent appeal to the BBC Trust-™s Editorial Standards Committee. His complaints related to an edition of the programme -˜Panorama-™. The BBC refused to comply with some of the requests on the basis that they were vexatious and applied section 14(1) of the Act, and stated that the remaining requested information was outside the scope of the Act. In view of two High Court decisions handed down on 2 October 2009 the BBC amended its original position and argued that all of the information relevant to the requests was outside the scope of the Act. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the BBC correctly determined that the requested information is held to a significant extent for the purposes of art, journalism or literature and therefore the BBC is not obliged to comply with Parts I to V of the Act. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2010/0125 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld