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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2018/fs50727928.html
Cite as: [2018] UKICO fs50727928

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Broads Authority

The complainant has requested information relating to reported safety incidents since January 2013 and any correspondence between the Broads Authority (the authority) and rowing clubs on matters of safety. Initially the authority applied section 12 of the FOIA but at the internal review stage provided what it believed to be the required information. During the Commissioner’s investigation the authority confirmed that for questions 1 and 3 of the request it wished to rely on section 12 of the FOIA. For question 2, it confirmed that it does not hold any further recorded information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the authority is entitled to rely on section 12 of the FOIA for questions 1 and 3. For question 2, the Commissioner is satisfied that on the balance of probabilities the authority does not hold any further recorded information. In relation to section 16 of the FOIA, the Commissioner does not consider the authority has provided sufficient advice and assistance. She therefore requires the authority to provide further advice and assistance to complainant, if it is possible to do so, to allow him to formulate a request that can be answered within the appropriate limit.

FOI 16: Complaint upheld FOI 1: Complaint not upheld FOI 12: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: fs50727928