No.19 of 2004. i%e Freedotlr of Information Act, 2004. 9 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (6) Without prejudice to the power of the Minister to make regulations, a public authority may prescribe a form for requests for information, in a format that does not unreasonably delay the processing of requests or place an undue burden upon those making requests. (7) An official of a public authority which receives a request for informationshall provide the person making the request with a receipt documenting the request. 18. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an official of a public authority must respond to a request for information as soon as practicable and in any event within twenty working days of receipt of the request if the request has been approved and the applicant has paid the fees required to be paid under section 20. Time limits for 'espgnding to requests. (2) Where a request for information relates to information which reasonably appears to be necessary to safeguard the life or liberty of a person, the official shall provide a response within 48 hours. (3) The official of a public authority may, by notice in writing within the initial period of twenty days extend the period in subsection (1) to the extent strictly necessary, and in any case to not more than forty working days, where the request is for a large number of records or requires a search through a large number of records and where compliance within twenty working days would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the public authority. (4) Failure to comply with the time-limits prescribed or permitted under this section is deemed to be a refusal of the request. 19. (1) The response pursuant to section 18 to a request for information shall be made in writing and state - (a) the applicable fee, if any, pursuant to section 20, in relation to any part of the request which is granted, and the form in which the information will be communicated; (b) adequate reasons for the refusal in relation to any part of the request which is not granted subject only to Part IV; Notice of response.