the applicant to reformulate the application so
as to avoid causing such interference.
Repeated requests
18.
(1) A public authority dealing with a request under this Part
for access to a document, or an application under section 39 for the
correction of personal information, may refuse to grant access to the
document, or to correct information, in accordance with the request
or application, without having caused the processing of the request
or application to have been undertaken, if the public authority is
satisfied that (a)
the request or application is made by, or on
behalf of, a person who, on at least one
previous occasion, has made a request or
application to the public authority, or to a
predecessor of the public authority, for access
to the same document or for the same
correction;
(b)
the request or application was refused and the
High Court, on reviewing the decision to
refuse the request or application, confirmed
the decision; and
(c)
there are no reasonable grounds for making
the request or application again.
(2) A public authority shall give the applicant notice, in
writing, of a refusal under subsection (1) and shall inform the
applicant of -
Reasons for
decisions to be
given
(a)
the reason for the refusal; and
(b)
the right to apply to the High Court for
judicial review of the decision and the time
within which the application for review is
required to be made.
19.
(1) Where, in relation to a request for access to a document
of a public authority, a decision is made under this Part that the
applicant is not entitled to access to the document relating to the
request or that provision of access to the document be deferred or
that no such document exists, the public authority shall cause the
applicant to be given notice, in writing, of the decision, and the
notice shall -
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