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Cite as: [2021] WLR(D) 494, [2022] 1 WLR 259, [2022] WLR 259, [2021] UKUT 149 (AAC)

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Edward Williams v (1) Information Commissioner; (2) Chief Constable of Kent Police (Information rights) [2021] UKUT 149 (AAC) (21 June 2021)

Section 30(1)(a)(i) of Freedom of Information Act - exemption from disclosure for information held for the purpose of a criminal investigation (ascertaining whether a person should be charged with a criminal offence) - Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 - detention and questioning under Schedule 7 not per se a criminal investigation - requires a fact specific analysis of whether the information generated by the schedule 7 port stop and questioning was held for the purposes of a criminal investigation - First Tier Tribunal failed to conduct such an exercise but wrongly determined that use of schedule 7 powers in relation to a person automatically rendered the information held for the purposes of a criminal investigation - appeal allowed and case remitted to a freshly constituted FTT to decide if any relevant FOIA exemptions may apply including sections 24 (national security), 31 (law enforcement) or 40 (personal information).

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