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Right to Access Information Act
2013
Right to Access Information Act
2013
(b) giving the applicant a reasonable opportunity
to inspect a record containing the information;
(a) the particulars of its organization, functions
and duties;
(c) providing the applicant with a digest or
summary of the information in permanent form
or in another form acceptable to the
applicant; or
(b) the powers and duties of its officers and
employees;
(d) allowing the applicant to take notes, extracts
and samples of any materials,
the public authority shall so far as is reasonable, give effect to that
preference.
(2) A public authority shall not be required to comply
with subsection (1) where to do so would–
(a) be detrimental to the preservation of the
record;
(b) unduly divert the resources of the public
authority; or
(c) breach a copyright not held by the public
authority.
(3) Where a public authority does not, pursuant to
subsection (2), comply with any preference expressed by the applicant
in communicating the information, it shall–
(a) notify the applicant of the reasons for this;
and
(b) communicate the information to the applicant
by any means reasonable in the circumstances.
Proactive
publication.
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8. (1) The following classes of information form the core
proactive publication obligations for every public authority:–
(c) the procedure followed in the decision
making process, including channels of
supervision and accountability;
(d) the norms set by it for the discharge of its
functions;
(e) any guidance used by the authority in
relation to its dealings with the public or with
corporate bodies, including the rules,
instructions, manuals and records, held by
it or under its control or used by its
employees for discharging its functions;
(f) a guide sufficient to enable any person
wishing to apply for information under this
Act to identify the classes of information
held by it, the subjects to which they relate
or the location of any indexes to be consulted
by any person;
(g) the particulars of any arrangement that
exists for consultation with or representation by, the members of the
public in relation to the formulation of
its policy or implementation thereof;
(h) a statement of the boards, councils,
committees and other bodies consisting
of two or more persons constituted as
its part or for the purpose of advising it
with information as to whether meetings
of those boards, councils, committees
and other bodies are open to the public,
or the minutes of the meetings are
accessible to the public;
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