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Health and Safety Executive

  • Date 7 December 2022
  • Sector Other
  • Decision(s) FOI 14: Not upheld, FOI 17: Upheld

The complainant has requested information about facemasks. The above public authority relied on section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to rely on section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse the request. However, as it failed to issue its refusal notice within 20 working days, the public authority breached section 17(5) of FOIA. The Commissioner does not require further steps.
Keywords: grossly oppressive burden