Chief Constable Kent Police

The complainant made a five part request for information about tinnitus. The above public authority refused the whole request as vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to refuse parts 1, 2 and 5 of the request as vexatious. However, parts 3 and 4 were not vexatious and therefore the public authority was not entitled to refuse them. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Issue a fresh response to parts 3 and 4 of the request that does not rely on section 14(1) of FOIA.