Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Whether request was manifestly unreasonable) [2024] ScotIC 153_2024 (26 July 2024)

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

  1. 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