On behalf of the Information Commissioner, I think he might have some more cogent comments to make on this, as his recent report would seem to be addressing that very issue, but it seems to me, as legal adviser to a department faced with an application under this act, my advice to the department would be that it must respect and adhere to the provisions of the act and the objectives of the act, not simply reading the letter of the law and seeing where it is it can find a slice of light to get out of it. It ought to respect what the purpose of the act is and make every effort to disclose information that is sought, in keeping with the spirit of the act.
