Beaconsfield Town Council
- Date 9 August 2019
- Sector Local government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested meeting minutes for the Extra-Ordinary Meeting of 15th March 2018.
The Commissioner’s decision is that Beaconsfield Town Council (“the Town Council”) failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached Section 10 of the FOIA.
The Commissioner requires the Town Council to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
Issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request.
The Town Council must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.