Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Whether request was manifestly unreasonable) [2024] ScotIC 153_2024 (26 July 2024)
The decision turned on whether the authority had demonstrated that the request met the threshold of being manifestly unreasonable as set out in the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
- Citation
- [2024] ScotIC 153_2024
- Parties
- Authority: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Jurisdiction
- Scotland
- Judgment Date
- 26 July 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Information Request Review / Decision
- Outcome
- request found not manifestly unreasonable
- Legal Topics
- Manifestly Unreasonable Request, Public Authority Obligations, Environmental Information
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Parties
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Authority
Procedural Posture
Information Request Review / Decision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the information request to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency was manifestly unreasonable under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004
Ratio Decidendi
The decision turned on whether the authority had demonstrated that the request met the threshold of being manifestly unreasonable as set out in the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
Court Disposition
request found not manifestly unreasonable
Orders
- Authority must process the information request in accordance with the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004
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