SIC Transfer of The Brown Street Complex, Haldane By West Dunbartonshire Council – On 21 July 2013, Mr X asked Dunbritton Housing Association Ltd (Dunbritton) for information relating to the transfer of shops and flats in Brown Street, Haldane by West Dunbartonshire Council. Dunbritton informed Mr X that it was not covered by the EIRs and refused to respond to his subsequent requirement for review. On 2 June 2014, the Commissioner issued Decision 118/2014 finding that Dunbritton is a Scottish public authority for the purposes of the EIRs and requiring it to carry out a review. Dunbritton carried out the review and informed Mr X of the outcome on 14 July 2014. Dunbritton disclosed information to Mr X, but withheld some on the basis that it was excepted from disclosure under the EIRs.
On 21 December 2014, Mr X made a further application to the Commissioner. During her investigation Dunbritton argued that it was not a Scottish public authority for the purposes of the EIRs.
The Commissioner found that:
(i) Dunbritton is a Scottish public authority for the purposes of the EIRs (as she had previously found in Decision 118/2014) and
(ii) Dunbritton had responded to Mr X’s request for information in accordance with the EIRs.
Citations:
[2015] ScotIC 099 – 2015
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Updated: 13 September 2022; Ref: scu.550881