Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)

The complainant requested documents supplied by three manufacturers. The above public authority provided some information but withheld three documents relating to Jaguar Land Rover. It relied on regulations 12(5)(b) and 12(5)(e) of the EIR in order to do so. The Commissioner’s decision is that regulation 12(5)(e) of the EIR only applies to one of the three documents, however, where this exception does apply, the balance of the public interest favours maintaining it. The Commissioner does not consider that regulation 12(5)(b) applies to either of the remaining documents. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Disclose the two documents provided to the Commissioner in pdf format. The public authority may make appropriate redactions to comply with its data protection obligations.