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Cite as: [2010] UKICO FS50316361
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BBC (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50316361 (28 June 2010)
Summary: The complainant made requests to the BBC for details of its procedures for handling editorial complaints and correspondence and documentation generated in the course of the handling of his previous editorial complaints and related requests for information. His complaints and requests 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. The BBC subsequently 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 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.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld