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Information Act 2002
26More time may be required to make decision
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26 More time may be required to make decision
(1) If the public sector organisation decides that it requires more than
the 30 days mentioned in section 19(1) to make a decision about
the application, the organisation must include in the notice of
decision under section 20 a statement to that effect specifying:
(a) the reasons why more time is required; and
(b) the period within which the applicant will receive a further
notice under section 19(1)(b) in respect of the application.
(2) The public sector organisation may require more time because:
(a) the application relates to a large amount of information; or
(b) extensive searches are required to locate the information to
which the application relates; or
(c) complying with the 30-day period would unreasonably
interfere with the conduct of the operations of the organisation;
or
(d) the information includes information about a third party under
section 30 and further time is required to seek the third party's
views under that section.