The complainant requested information from the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire (OPFCC) relating to the role of a named individual within the Civil Disclosure Unit. The OPFCC refused to comply with the request, citing section 14(1) (vexatious request) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was vexatious and the OPFCC was entitled to apply section 14(1) to refuse the request. However, the Commissioner found a procedural breach of section 10 (time for compliance) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.
FOI 14: Complaint not upheld FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-56248
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 23 October 2022; Ref: scu.665837
