Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (Translink)

The complainant requested from Translink, information regarding the Inspection and Maintenance Schedule of its infrastructure at Lough Foyle, adjacent to railway line and A2. Translink determined that the information is exempt from disclosure and applied regulation 12(5)(a)  (International relations, defence, national security or public safety) of the EIR. 
The Commissioner’s decision is that Translink was entitled to rely on regulation 12(5)(a) of the EIR to withhold the information requested, and the public interest favours maintaining the exception. However, the Commissioner finds that Translink breached regulation 10 of the EIR in its handling of the request by failing to either pass on the part of the request to the public authority that may hold the information, or advising the complainant they could do so.
The Commissioner does not require Translink to take any steps as a result of this decision.