Summary: The complainant wrote to the Council and requested various pieces of information. A -peer review- in respect of a named official was withheld by the Council by virtue of section 40(2) of the Act. The Commissioner has investigated and finds that the Council correctly applied the exemption at section 40(2) to the withheld information. The Commissioner has identified a number of procedural shortcomings in the way the Council handled the complainant-s request.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld