No.6
Access to Information Act
2016
11
Transfer of
request
13.-(1) Where the information holder to which a
request for information is made considers that another
information holder is the appropriate holder of the
information requested, the information holder to which
the request was initially made may, as soon as practicable
but not exceeding seven days after the request is received,
transfer the request to such other information holder and
give a written notice of the transfer to the person who
made the request.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the
period specified in section 11 shall apply to the
information holder to which the request is transferred with
effect from the date on which the request is transferred.
Refusal of
request
14. Where the information holder refuses to give
access to information requested, either in whole or in part,
such information holder shall, in writing, notify the
person requesting the information of the refusal and shall,
in the notification:
(a) set out reasons for the refusal and all
material issues relating to the decision,
including the specific provision of this Act
and the factors taken into consideration in
relation to public interest;
(b) inform the person who made the request of
the availability of a review in accordance to
section 19 within which an application for
review may be made;
(c) where the decision is to the effect that the
information does not exist, state that a
thorough and diligent search was made to
locate the information.
Notice to
third parties
15.-(1) An information holder dealing with a
request for access to information shall take all reasonable
steps to notify any third party to whom or which any
record containing the information requested relates.
(2) The information holder acting under
subsection (1) shall, within three days after the request is
received, notify the third party.