Price and Crime and Misconduct Commission

Application number:
2004 F0058
Decision date:
Tuesday, Jun 15, 2004

Price and Crime and Misconduct Commission
 (2004 F0058, 15 June 2004) 

Sufficiency of search – application of s.77(1) of the FOI Act 

The applicant sought access to a wide range of documents, covering a variety of persons, organisations, incidents and issues.  In respect of the various 'sufficiency of search' issues raised by the applicant, Assistant Commissioner Moss was satisfied that there were no reasonable grounds for believing that the respondent had in its possession or under its control, any additional responsive documents, and that the searches and inquiries conducted by the respondent in an effort to locate any such documents had been reasonable in all the circumstances of the case. 

To the extent that the applicant was seeking access to documents that had been dealt with in previous decisions given by the Information Commissioner (or his delegates), AC Moss found that the applicant's request in that regard was frivolous and vexatious, and she declined to deal with it further under s.77(1) of the FOI Act.