When you ask for official information from your local council, they decide whether to give it to you based on the purpose of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act. They follow a principle that says they should make the information available to you unless there is a good reason not to. You can find more information about this principle by looking at the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, which is similar to a previous law from 1982.
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The question whether any official information is to be made available, where that question arises under this Act, shall be determined, except where this Act otherwise expressly requires, in accordance with the purposes of this Act and the principle that the information shall be made available unless there is good reason for withholding it.
