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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/282864.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 282864
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Northern Ireland Assembly
The complainant has requested information held by the Northern Ireland Assembly in connection with Private Members’ Bills to ban fracking. The Assembly stated that it was acting in a legislative capacity as set out at regulation 3(3) of the EIR, therefore it was not required to process the request under the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Assembly is acting in a legislative capacity, therefore the Assembly is not required to respond to the request under the EIR. However the Commissioner finds that the Assembly is required to respond to the request under FOIA. The Assembly is not entitled to refuse the request in reliance on the exemption at section 39 of FOIA. Keywords: Interpretation, access regimeEIR 3: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 282864