Northern Ireland Policing Board

The complainant has requested information relating to a quality assurance exercise undertaken by the Northern Ireland Policing Board. The Board refused the request under section 14(1) of FOIA as it maintained that the request was vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request is not vexatious, therefore the Board was not entitled to refuse it under section 14(1). The Commissioner requires the Board to issue a fresh response to the request that does not cite section 14(1) of FOIA.