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Transfer of
requests
Fees and
other charges
Refusal of
request
Freedom of Information
26. (1) Where a public authority to which a request for information
is made considers that another public authority has a greater interest in
the information requested for, the head of the public authority to which
the request is initially made may, within seven days after the request is
received, transfer the request to the other public authority and give
written notice of the transfer to the person who made the request.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) —
(a) the periods specified in section twenty-four shall apply to the
public authority to which the request is transferred with
effect from the date on which the transferred request is
received; and
(b) a public authority has a greater interest in information
requested if —
(i) the record containing the information was originally
produced in or for the public authority; or
(ii) in the case of a record not originally produced in
or for the public authority, the public authority
was the first recipient of the record or a copy
thereof.
27. (1) A person who makes a request for information may be
required to pay such fees and charges for the cost of examination or
reproduction of the information as the Commission may, by regulations,
prescribe.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide —
(a) that no fee shall be payable in prescribed cases; and
(b) that any fee shall not exceed such maximum fee as may be
specified in, or determined in accordance with, the
regulations.
28. (1) Where a public authority refuses to give access to
information requested, either in whole or in part, the public authority
shall, in writing, notify the person requesting for the information of
the refusal and shall, in the notification —
(a) set out the grounds for the refusal and all material issues
relating to the decision, including the specific provisions
of this Act and the factors taken into consideration in
relation to the public interest;
(b) inform the applicant of the availability of a review, the
authority with which an application for review may be
lodged and the period within which an application for
review may be made; or
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