Case: OCE-116197-B6X0M5
Issue: Whether the Department complied with the articles 7(2)(a) and 7(10) of the AIE Regulations in processing the appellant’s request for information relating to the decision-making in relation to the awarding of a particular forestry licence.
Summary of Commissioner’s Decision: The Commissioner found that the Department failed to comply with the provisions of the AIE Regulations in processing the request and annulled the Department’s decision. He did not, however, direct the Department to undertake a fresh decision- making process as the information requested had already been provided to the appellant.
The appellant argued that the Department was operating a parallel and unfavourable regime for access to the information requested in circumstances where the information could have been provided on receipt of a fee
