SIC Mr Pearson requested from North Lanarkshire Council (the Council) a copy of a fee proposal submitted by a consultancy firm. The Council withheld the information under regulation 10(5)(e) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (the EIRs). Mr Pearson remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner found that the Council had dealt with Mr Pearson’s request for information in accordance with the EIRs, by applying the exception in regulation 10(5)(e) (which relates to commercial and industrial confidentiality) of the EIRs to withhold the fee proposal.
Citations:
[2011] ScotIC 061 – 2011
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Updated: 07 September 2022; Ref: scu.433697
