Which bodies must set up an information disclosure review committee, and when may several of them share a single committee?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the paper that identifies the body asked for disclosure and its status as a national institution, local government, public enterprise, quasi-governmental institution, or local public corporation, the request for a review of the disclosure decision, and any record of consultation with the superior body about sharing a committee.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the list as written: national institutions, local governments, public enterprises and quasi-governmental institutions under the Public Enterprise Operation Act, and local public corporations and corporations under the Local Public Enterprises Act set up and run a committee to deliberate whether disclosure should be granted, so each such body falls within the provision whether or not it has yet established one.
Another reading stresses the conditions on a shared committee: integration is possible only after consultation with the superior body, or for a local public corporation the local government that established it, taking into account the scale and business nature of the bodies, geographic conditions and the convenience of the requester, so a file must show which body consulted whom and on what basis.
Your judgment
Where several bodies run one committee, what in the record shows the consultation took place and which of the listed considerations shaped the arrangement?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change which bodies must establish a committee or on what terms they may be integrated, or if a decision explains what consultation with the superior body requires.