York and Department of Police

Application number:
1995 S0079
Decision date:
Friday, Aug 15, 1997

York and Queensland Police Service
(1995 S0079, 15 August 1997) 

The matter in issue concerned complaints made against the applicant by a third party, most of which had already been disclosed to the applicant by police officers in the course of their investigation of the complaints.  Although objection to disclosure was taken by the third party, the Information Commissioner could find no basis for exempting information the substance of which had already been put to the applicant during the course of the police investigation. 

The Information Commissioner found some matter which had not previously been disclosed to the applicant, and some matter which solely concerned the personal affairs of the third party, to be exempt under s.44(1) of the FOI Act.  The Information Commissioner also found that certain documents claimed to be exempt actually fell outside the terms of the applicant's FOI access application.