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### sec.101 Access in particular form
This section—
applies if an external review application is made in relation to an access application; but
does not apply to an external review of a decision refusing to give access in the form mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) .
If a document relevant to an external review is a document—
by which words are recorded in a way in which they are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound; or
in which words are contained in the form of shorthand writing or in codified form;
the information commissioner may require the agency or Minister concerned to give the commissioner a written transcript of the words recorded or contained in the document.
If—
the access application relevant to the external review relates to information that is not contained in a written document in the possession, or under the control, of the agency or Minister concerned; and
the agency or Minister could create a written document containing the information using equipment that is usually available to it for retrieving or collating stored information;
the commissioner may require the agency or Minister to give the commissioner a written document created using the equipment.
s 101 amd 2023 No. 32 s 141 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.101-ssec.1) This section— applies if an external review application is made in relation to an access application; but does not apply to an external review of a decision refusing to give access in the form mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) .
(sec.101-ssec.2) If a document relevant to an external review is a document— by which words are recorded in a way in which they are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound; or in which words are contained in the form of shorthand writing or in codified form; the information commissioner may require the agency or Minister concerned to give the commissioner a written transcript of the words recorded or contained in the document.
(sec.101-ssec.3) If— the access application relevant to the external review relates to information that is not contained in a written document in the possession, or under the control, of the agency or Minister concerned; and the agency or Minister could create a written document containing the information using equipment that is usually available to it for retrieving or collating stored information; the commissioner may require the agency or Minister to give the commissioner a written document created using the equipment.
- (a) applies if an external review application is made in relation to an access application; but
- (b) does not apply to an external review of a decision refusing to give access in the form mentioned in section 68 (1) (e) .
- (a) by which words are recorded in a way in which they are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound; or
- (b) in which words are contained in the form of shorthand writing or in codified form;
- (a) the access application relevant to the external review relates to information that is not contained in a written document in the possession, or under the control, of the agency or Minister concerned; and
- (b) the agency or Minister could create a written document containing the information using equipment that is usually available to it for retrieving or collating stored information;