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Access to Information Act
2005
(b) the form in which the access will be given; and
(c) that the person requesting access may lodge an internal appeal or an application
with the court, as the case may be, against the access fee to be paid or the form of
access granted and the procedure, including the period, for lodging the internal
application or appeal, as the case may be.
(3) Where the request for access is refused, the notice under subsection (1)(b) shall(a) state adequate reasons for the refusal, including the provisions of this Act relied
upon;
(b) exclude from any reasons stated under paragraph (a), any reference to the content
of the record; and
(c) state that the person may lodge an internal appeal or an application with the Court,
as the case may be, against the refusal of the request and the procedure, including
the period, for lodging the internal application or appeal as the case may be.
17. Extension of period to deal with request.
(1) The information officer to whom a request for access has been made or transferred,
may extend the period of twenty one days referred to in section 16(1), in this section
referred to as the "original period", once for a further period of not more than twenty one
days, if (a) the request is for a large number of records or requires a search through a large
number of records and compliance with the original period would unreasonably
interfere with the activities of the public body concerned;
(b) the request requires a search for records in, or collection of the records from, an
office of the public body not situated in the same city, town or location as the
office of the information officer that cannot reasonably be completed within the
original period;
(c) more than one of the circumstances contemplated in paragraphs (a) and (b) exist in
respect of the request, making compliance with the original period not reasonably
possible; or
(d) the person requesting for the record consents in writing to the extension.
(2) Where a period is extended under subsection (1), the information officer shall, as
soon as reasonably possible, but in any case within twenty one days, after the request is
received or transferred, notify the person requesting the record of the extension.
(3) A notice given under subsection (2) shall state (a) the period of the extension;
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