FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 35
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 35
35 . Consultation under s. 32 or 33, Commissioner may waive
(1) The agency may
apply to the Commissioner for approval to make its decision on whether to give
access to a document without complying with section 32 or 33, and the
Commissioner may give approval on being satisfied that —
(a) it
would be unreasonable to require the views of third parties to be obtained
having regard to the number of third parties that would have to be consulted;
and
(b) the
document does not contain matter that is exempt matter under clause 3 or 4 of
Schedule 1.
(2) The agency may
proceed in accordance with approval given under subsection (1).