58How applications are decided

#### 58 How applications are decided 58 How applications are decided > > (1) An agency decides an access application for government information by— > > > > > (a) deciding to provide access to the information, or > > > > > (b) deciding that the information is not held by the agency, or > > > > > (c) deciding that the information is already available to the applicant (see section 59), or > > > > > (d) deciding to refuse to provide access to the information because there is an overriding public interest against disclosure of the information, or > > > > > (e) deciding to refuse to deal with the application (see section 60), or > > > > > (f) deciding to refuse to confirm or deny that information is held by the agency because there is an overriding public interest against disclosure of information confirming or denying that fact. > > > > Note. > > > > These decisions are reviewable under Part 5. > > > (2) More than one decision can be made in respect of a particular access application, so as to deal with the various items of information applied for. > > > (3) If an agency finds that information or additional information is held by the agency after deciding an access application, the agency can make a further decision that replaces or supplements the original decision, but cannot be required to make a further decision in such a case. The further decision can be made even if the period within which the application is required to be decided has expired.