The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-038 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.
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| Report: | A-2023-038 |
| Report Date: | August 29, 2023 |
| Public Body: | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Agriculture |
| Summary: | The Complainant requested information from the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture (FFA) related to a parcel of Crown Land. The search conducted by FFA did produce the responsive records sought, though with one paragraph redacted under a claim of section 29(1)(a) of ATIPPA, 2015. There was also one responsive record that contained information on additional responsive records that were not provided by FFA. To meet its section 13 duty to assist, FFA performed a second search for documents named in the responsive records but not disclosed and this search produced no further records. The second search for records conducted by FFA was reasonable and the Department provided a detailed reason as to why these other documents could not be found. With respect to FFA’s claim of section 29(1)(a), a review by this Office concluded that this exception was appropriately applied. |
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