Price and Crime and Misconduct Commission

Application number:
2001 S0072
Decision date:
Friday, Jun 20, 2003

Price and Crime and Misconduct Commission
(2001 S0072, 20 June 2003) 

The matter in issue comprised extracts from diary entries of a former officer of the Criminal Justice Commission (now the Crime and Misconduct Commission).  As a result of concessions made during the course of the review, most of the diary extracts were disclosed to the applicant.  The matter remaining in issue comprised part of one diary entry, which identified the name of a third party witness in an investigation.  The Deputy Information Commissioner decided that disclosure of identifying information in respect of the relevant individual would disclose information concerning the personal affairs of that individual.  The Deputy Information Commissioner was unable to identify any public interest considerations favouring disclosure to the applicant of the identity of the individual, and accordingly, he decided that the identifying information in respect of that individual was exempt matter under s.44(1) of the FOI Act. 

The Deputy Information Commissioner also decided that there were no reasonable grounds for believing that additional documents, which fell within the terms of the applicant's FOI access application, existed in the possession or under the control o f the respondent.