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Freedom of Information Act 1992
Div 2Procedure for dealing with access applications
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Division 2 — Procedure for dealing with access applications
13. Agency’s duties as to access application etc. 6
14. Ambit of application may be reduced by agreement 8
15. Document held etc. by another agency, transferring application etc. in case of 8
16. Charge for access, calculation of etc. 9
17. Charge for access, applicant may request estimate of etc. 10
18. Deposit for charges, agency may require etc. 11
19. Notice given under s. 17(3) or 18, effect of on s. 13(1); applicant failing to respond to notice, effect of 11
20. Agency may refuse to deal with application in certain cases 12
21. Application for personal information about applicant, consideration of 13
22. Access, when agency must give 13
23. Refusing access, grounds for 13
24. Exempt matter, deleting before access given 14
25. Deferring access, grounds for 15
26. Documents that cannot be found or do not exist, notice of 15
27. Ways in which access can be given 16
28. Medical and psychiatric information about applicant, giving access to 17
29. Personal information about applicant, agency’s duties when giving access to 18
30. Notice under s. 13(1)(b) of decision, form etc. of 18
31. Certain exempt matter (Sch. 1 cl. 1, 2 or 5), giving information about existence etc. of 19