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  • Request by charitable trust for its compliance file held by Department of Internal Affairs

    Case notes
    Request by charitable trust for its compliance file held by Department of Internal Affairs—information about trust provided to Department by informant in confidence and an investigation underway—Part 4 of OIA applies as request by body corporate for personal information about itself—release of the information would prejudice the Department’s current investigation and its ability to effectively carry out its role in maintaining the law in the future—s 27(1)(a) and s 6(c) applied
  • Request for copies of referee reports

    Case notes
    A requester sought copies of referee reports in respect of course she had applied for—refused under s 27(1)(c)—two reports subsequently released with the referees’ consent—third report was evaluative material—implied promise of confidentiality had been provided to the referee—whether other factors made it unfair to withhold—s 23 relevant—institute could withhold report if a statement of reasons was provided
  • Request for information relating to application to re-join the Police

    Case notes
    Request for information relating to application to re-join the Police—information withheld was ‘evaluative material’—disclosure of the information would have breached an implied promise of confidentiality—relevance of s 23—essence of the evaluative material made available to the requester in summary form
  • Request for psychologist’s report prepared for Accident Compensation Corporation

    Case notes
    Report by psychologist acting as independent contractor—contents of report related to requester and third party—balance to be struck between right of requester to personal information and privacy interests of third party—provision of summary of personal information in the report
  • School Certificate examination scripts released

    Case notes
    The Minister of Education and the Department of Education were asked to release marked School Certificate Examination scripts. All the requests were refused; sections 52 (3), 9 (2)(b) and 27 (1) were relied on. However, this was changed following the Ombudsman's recommendation.