Health and Safety Executive

The complainant has requested information about an investigation. The above public authority relied on regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR (course of justice) to withhold the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has correctly relied on regulation 12(5)(b) and that the balance of the public interest favours maintaining the exception. The public authority breached regulation 11 of the EIR because it failed to complete its internal review within 40 working days. The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken.