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Basildon District Council (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50399683 (27 February 2012)
Summary: The complainant requested phtographs, records and notes relating to a survey carried out in 1978 by officials from Basildon Council (the council). He also requested other information relating to several named properties ranging over a number of years. The council argued that it did not have to comply with the requests because the requests were vexatious and repeated under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (-the FOIA-) or manifestly unreasonable under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (-the EIR-). The Commissioner-s decision is that the council correctly determined that the requests were vexatious under the FOIA or manifestly unreasonable under the EIR. There are no steps to be taken. However, the council breached regulation 14(2) by failing to provide a refusal notice citing the exception at regulation 12(4)(b) within the statutory time for compliance. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2012/0059 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 14 - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 12.4.b - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld