Ramsey Marina Proposal & Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Ltd

Summary

The requester sought correspondence, meeting records, and an initial approach document regarding a proposed Ramsey Marina between Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Ltd and Manx Utilities Authority. The authority confirmed no meetings or correspondence occurred with senior leadership but released a redacted email from May 2018, withholding personal data under absolute exemption.

Key Facts

• Manx Utilities Authority holds no correspondence between Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Ltd and its Chairman or CEO.
• No meetings were attended by Manx Utilities' Chairman, CEO, or other representatives regarding the proposal.
• Consequently, no minutes or records relating to the proposed Ramsey Marina exist within the authority.
• An email from May 2018 regarding the approach was located and partially disclosed.
• Personal information within the disclosed email was redacted due to data protection laws.

Data Disclosed

• 2019-07-15
• 2019-08-05
• 17 May 2018
• 12:07
• 29th
• 885165
• section 25(2)
• Article 5
• Article 6

Exemptions Cited

• Section 25(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (absolutely exempt personal information)
• Data Protection (Application of GDPR) Order 2018

Original Request

1. Please supply correspondence between Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Limited and the MUA Chairman and/or CEO. 2. Please supply dates and times of any meetings between Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Limited and the MUA Chairman and/or CEO (or where either of the latter parties was in attendance). 3. Please supply any minutes or records relating to the proposed Ramsey Marina taken at any of the above mentioned meetings. 4. Please provide a copy of the approach made in May 2018 from Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Limited

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Utilities PO Box 177, Douglas Isle of Man, IM99 1PS

e: enquiries@manxutilities.im t: 01624 687687 www.manxutilities.im

Our ref: 885165 1 August 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 15 July 2019 and which states:

"1. Please supply correspondence between Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Limited and the MUA Chairman and/or CEO. 2. Please supply dates and times of any meetings between Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Limited and the MUA Chairman and/or CEO (or where either of the latter parties was in attendance). 3. Please supply any minutes or records relating to the proposed Ramsey Marina taken at any of the above mentioned meetings. 4. Please provide a copy of the approach made in May 2018 from Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Limited"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested. This is because there is no correspondence between Port Evolution and Development (Africa) and the Manx Utilities Chairman and/ or the Chief Executive, no meetings were attended by the Manx Utilities’ Chairman or Chief Executive or other Manx Utilities’ representatives, which consequently means that there are no minutes or notes held.

Regarding a copy of the approach made in May 2018 from Port Evolution and Development (Africa) Limited, we hold an associated e-mail which is copied below. While our aim is to provide information wherever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information contained within the email because it is absolutely exempt under section 25(2) of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information)

Section 25 (2) of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information) • Manx Utilities is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data of which you are not the data subject; and
• Manx Utilities is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles as set out at Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation as it applies in the Isle of Man pursuant to the Data Protection (Application of GDPR) Order 2018, namely that Manx Utilities can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions for lawful processing in Article 6 and in this case, none of those conditions have been met.
From: ** Sent: 17 May 2018 12:07 To: Dobbins, Adrian Cc: ** Reynolds, Ann Subject: Proposed Marina in Ramsey Adrian, Ann Reynolds at DoI has suggested that we discuss our proposal for a marina in Ramsey with you. I am not sure what information you gave, but I can send you our presentation. We have a major meeting with DoI on 29th (Minister et al) and so it would be most useful if ** and I could meet you before then. We clearly would prefer to understand any issues you might have. But we hope there aren’t any! Regards

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