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