The Advertising Standards Authorigy

The complainant has requested information regarding a complaint which was made about claims in a particular advertisement. The Advertising Standards Authority refused to respond to the request as it did not consider that the requested information was environmental and notwithstanding that, it was not a public authority for the purposes of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that some of the requested information was environmental but that, as the ASA is not a public authority for the purposes of the EIR, it was not obliged to respond to the request. As the ASA is not a public authority for the purposes of the EIR, the Commissioner has no power require any steps.