The appellant made a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for information about her missing husband. The Ministry of the Solicitor General denied access to the records relying on section 49(a) (discretion to refuse requester’s own information) read with the law enforcement exemption at section 14(1), or section 14(1) on its own, and the personal privacy exemptions in sections 21(1) or 49(b).
In this interim order, the adjudicator finds that because of an ongoing law enforcement investigation, the records are exempt under the law enforcement exemptions at section 49(a) read with section 14(1), or section 14(1) on its own. However, she does not uphold the ministry’s exercise of discretion under section 49(a) with section 14(1), or under section 14(1) on its own, and orders it to re-exercise its discretion to consider disclosing certain responsive information in the records.