CEO’s written request to take a role at NewRiver (FOI)

Request

Charlie Parker's contract states: "You must not, either directly or indirectly, be engaged or concerned in any other service or business whatsoever (whether paid or unpaid), or receive commission or profits of any kind unless approved in writing by the Employer."

Please provide copies of Mr Parker's request in writing to take on a Non-Executive Director role at NewRiver REIT Plc, and the response in writing of the employer.

Please provide copies of Mr Parker's request in writing to continue his role on the board of the Buckingham Palace Re-servicing Board and the reply of both the previous Chief Minister and current one.

Response

We do not hold this information. Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) 2011 Law has been applied.

Article applied

10 Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding information

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information,

it must inform the applicant accordingly.

(2) If a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority and –

(a) the information is absolutely exempt information or qualified exempt information; or

(b) if the authority does not hold the information, the information would be absolutely exempt information or qualified exempt information if it had held it,

the authority may refuse to inform the applicant whether or not it holds the information if it is satisfied that, in all the circumstances of the case, it is in the public interest to do so.

(3) If a scheduled public authority so refuses –

(a) it shall be taken for the purpose of this Law to have refused to supply the information requested on the ground that it is absolutely exempt information; and

(b) it need not inform the applicant of the specific ground upon which it is refusing the request or, if the authority does not hold the information, the specific ground upon which it would have refused the request had it held the information.