Meeting minutes for Misuse of Drugs Advisory Council

​​Request 727238457

Please provide the Minutes of the meetings of the Misuse of Drugs Advisory Council since meeting number 95 held in September 2023.

Response

The minutes of the following Misuse of Drugs Advisory Council (MDAC) meetings are attached:

[LINK 20231122 MDAC Minutes]

[LINK 20240306 MDAC Minutes]

[LINK 20240614 MDAC Minutes]

[LINK 20241007 MDAC Minutes]

[LINK 20250320 MDAC Minutes]

Freedom of Information response 727238457 - Attachment 1.pdf

Freedom of Information response 727238457 - Attachment 2.pdf
Freedom of Information response 727238457 - Attachment 3.pdf

Freedom of Information response 727238457 - Attachment 4.pdf
Freedom of Information response 727238457 - Attachment 5.pdf​

Redactions have been made to the minutes in consideration of Freedom of Information legislation to protect the privacy of individuals and information supplied in confidence, protect the commercial interests of the Government of Jersey and / or others from prejudicial impact, ensure that policies under development by the Government of Jersey, or others, are not prejudiced, and to reduce the impact on the security of the island. Redactions have been colour coded for ease of reference, as follows: 

Orange           Personal Information of the Chair - Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 

Yellow             Personal Information of the Members of the Council and others mentioned within the minutes – Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 

Blue                 Information supplied in confidence – Article 26 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 

Green              Commercial Interests – Article 33 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 

Purple              Formulation and Development of Policies – Article 35 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 

Red                 Law Enforcement – Article 42 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011​

Articles applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1)     Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2)     Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a)     it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b)     its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.​

Article 26 - Information supplied in confidence

Information is absolutely exempt information if –​

(a)     it was obtained by the scheduled public authority from another person (including another public authority); and

(b)     the disclosure of the information to the public by the scheduled public authority holding it would constitute a breach of confidence actionable by that or any other person. 

Article 33 - Commercial interests 

Information is qualified exempt information if – 

(a)     it constitutes a trade secret; or

(b)     its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information). 

Article 35 - Formulation and development of policies 

Information is qualified exempt information if it relates to the formulation or development of any proposed policy by a public authority. 

Article 42 - Law enforcement 

Information is qualified exempt information if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice – 

(a)     the prevention, detection or investigation of crime, whether in Jersey or elsewhere; 

Public Interest Test 

Articles 33, 35 and 42 are qualified exemptions and, as such, Health and Care Jersey (HCJ) has conducted a prejudice test as required by law. 

HCJ has assessed whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in supplying the information is outweighed by the prejudice that would likely result by doing so. It is recognised that there is a public interest in transparency. However, having considered the public interest, HCJ has concluded that the public interest in disclosing this information is outweighed by the potential prejudice that would likely result.

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