Ballyclare Secondary School
- Date 22 July 2021
- Sector Education
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant has requested minutes of Board of Governors’ meetings over a specified time period from Ballyclare Secondary School (“the School”). The School did not provide these within the timescale as set out in section 10(1) of the FOIA and to date some of the requested information has still not been provided. The Commissioner’s decision is that the School has breached sections 1 and 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
• To provide the complainant with the outstanding requested information as specified in the Annex to this notice.
The public authority 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 Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.