Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
• Lease agreement – third party appeal
• Section 10(1) (third party information) not upheld
• Head's decision to disclose upheld. Head ordered to disclose record to requester.
Decision Content
NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place (Exhibition Place) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to a lease agreement between a named company (the affected party) and Exhibition Place.
In response, Exhibition Place identified one lease agreement (the Agreement) as the responsive record, and notified the affected party under section 21(1) of the Act, giving it an opportunity to provide its views regarding disclosure of the record.
The affected party objected to the disclosure of the Agreement on the basis that the information contains commercial information relating to it and that the document was supplied to Exhibition Place in confidence.
After considering the affected party’s representations, Exhibition Place issued a decision granting the requester full access to the Agreement.
The affected party (now the appellant) appealed Exhibition Place’s decision.