London Borough of Hillingdon

The complainant has requested information relating to the wording of Road Traffic Orders. The London Borough of Hillingdon (the “Council”) refused to respond to the requests and cited section 14(1) (vexatious requests) as its basis for doing so. It waived the opportunity to conduct an internal review and directed the complainant to the Commissioner. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council is entitled to rely on section 14(1) as its basis for refusing to respond to the request although it did contravene its obligations under sections 1 and 10 of the FOIA in failing to respond in a timely manner in accordance with the legislation. No steps are required. Information Tribunal EA/2019/0411 allowed.