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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
FOI decision: confidential source of information regarding law enforcement
The ADT in an FOI decision this week (Sullivan v Department of Corrective Services (2006) NSWADT 76) affirmed the decision of the agency to refuse access to a document exempt on grounds that disclosure would reveal the existence or identity of a confidential source of information in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law – Clause 4(1) (b) Schedule 1 of the NSW Act. The decision doesn’t involve any new interpretation of the provision
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