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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/192560.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 192560
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
The complainant has requested audio recordings of distress calls made from the English Channel and transcripts of those recordings. The above public authority relied on a number of different exemptions as its reasons for not providing the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that it would not be reasonably practicable in the circumstances to expect the public authority to provide the information as transcripts and therefore it has complied with its obligations under section 11. The Commissioner considers that the public authority is entitled to rely on section 40(2) of FOIA to withhold the audio recordings. The public authority breached section 17 of FOIA in responding to this request. The Commissioner does not require further steps. Keywords: redacting audioFOI 17: Complaint upheld FOI 40(2): Complaint not upheld FOI 11: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 192560