Summary: The complainant made a number of requests for information to the Marine Management Organisation (-MMO-) about reviews of its systems by the European Commission (-EC-) including a request for the contact details of people it was dealing with at the EC. The MMO applied regulation 12(4)(a) (information not held). The Commissioner-s decision is that the MMO held information falling within the scope of the request and therefore regulation 12(4)(a) did not apply. The Commissioner requires the public authority issue a fresh response to the complainant under the EIR which does not rely on regulation 12(4)(a).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12.4.a - Complaint Upheld