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University of Salford (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50304283 (07 February 2011)
Summary: Between 3 November and 13 November 2009 the complainant submitted 13 requests for information to the University of Salford. The earliest two requests were initially refused under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, on the basis that the costs of compliance would exceed the appropriate limit, the later requests were all refused as vexatious, under section 14 of the Act. The public authority conducted an internal review, which upheld the previous decision to refuse the requests as vexatious, and is also understood to apply the refusal of section 14 to the first two requests. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the public authority correctly applied section 14 of the Act to the refused requests but, in failing to provide the complainant with a refusal notice which stated the fact that the first two requests were refused under section 14 of the Act, within the time for compliance with section 1 of the Act, the public authority breached section 17(5) of the Act. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0060 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 14 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld