Legislation | Prime Minister´s Office 5 of 10 http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/acts-of-law//nr/15 facilities for photocopying documents. In such cases, the requester shall pay the cost entailed in photocopying the documents. The same applies, where relevant, to copies of material other than documents. By means of a list of fees, the Prime Minister shall decide what is to be paid for copies and photocopies of material provided pursuant to this Act. It is permissible to allow for all of the costs entailed. Article 13 Notification of rulings Decisions by a government authority to refuse requests for access to material or for copies or photocopies of them must be presented in writing when the request was made in writing. Information Committee Article 14 Right of appeal Should a government authority refuse to grant access to material according to this Act, the matter may be referred to an Information Committee, which shall rule on the dispute. The same applies if a government authority refuses to furnish photocopies of documents or copies of other material. This Committee shall operate independently, and its rulings may not be referred pursuant to this Act to any other governmental authorities. Article 15 The Information Committee The Prime Minister shall appoint an Information Committee of three persons to serve terms of four years, and shall appoint an equal number of substitutes. Two Committee members, along with their substitutes, shall meet the employment qualifications for District Court judges. One of these two shall be the Committee chair and the other the vice-chair. No member of the Committee may be permanently employed by the Government Offices of Iceland. The Committee is authorised to call on experts for advice and assistance if it finds this necessary. The Committee is bound to secrecy on whatever appears in material passed to the Committee. The same applies to whoever the Committee calls on for assistance. Article 16 Procedure Matters falling under the first paragraph of Art. 14 shall be referred in writing to the Information Committee no later than 30 days after the announcement of a decision to the party requesting access to the material. Before finally resolving a matter, the Committee may grant the government authority concerned a brief period in which to present a substantiated opinion on the issue. Governmental authorities are 23/06/2010 12:39 PM