IPC Guide to LA FOIP
This guide is a comprehensive reference tool for the application of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP). It is designed to assist local authorities that are subject to LA FOIP. The guidance is non-binding and every matter should be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Chapter One: Purposes and Scope of LA FOIP
Chapter Two: Administration of LA FOIP
Chapter Three: Access to Records
Chapter Four: Exemptions from the Right of Access
Chapter Four: Exemptions from the Right of Access
This chapter covers:
- Interpreting exemptions
- Limited and specific
- Balancing interests
- Class and harm based exemptions
- The mandatory and discretionary exemptions
- Exercise of discretion
- Public interest overrides
- Subsections 18(3), 28(2)(n)
- Tests and guidance on exemptions
- Sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30 and subsection 28(1)