7 October 2020
Tara Jackson
By email:
[FYI request #13727 email]
Dear Tara
Official information request – copies of approved applications made to
your Animal Ethics Committee regarding imported animals in 2018
I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated
9 September 2020:
I would like to request a copy of the approved application(s) made to your Animal
Ethics Committee on the use of the animals who were imported into NZ by your
institute to be used for RTT purposes in 2018.
Please find
attached the information covered by your request.
We have withheld some information under the following sections of the Act:
• 9(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision, please feel free to contact us at
[VUW request email].
Yours sincerely
Julia Marshall-Mead Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
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