6 No. 2 Time limit for compliance. 4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), section 2 shall be complied with as soon as possible, and in any event within fifteen working days of receipt of the application. Right to Access Information Act 2013 (2) Where the information sought concerns the life or liberty of a person, section 2 shall be complied with within fortyeight hours of receipt of the application. (3) Where an application is especially complex or relates to a large volume of information, the public authority may request the Commission for an extension of not more than fifteen working days. (4) Any failure to conform to the timelines set out in this section shall be deemed a refusal of the request, for purposes of complaints and appeals. Transfer of application. 5. (1) Where a public authority does not hold information which is responsive to a request or part of a request, that request or any relevant part of it may, not later than three days from the date of its receipt, be transferred to another public authority if the information requested is held by that other public authority. (2) Where an application is transferred under subsection (1), the applicant shall be informed of the transfer immediately, and in any event not later than three working days from the date of the transfer. (3) A public authority to which an application is transferred under subsection (1) shall decide the request in accordance with the timelines set out in section 4, to run from the day upon which the public authority receives the transferred request. Fees. 6. (1) A public authority to which a request for information is made may, within the time limit for compliance specified in section 5, give the applicant a fees notice, stating that a fee of an amount specified in the notice is to be charged by the public authority for complying with section 2. No. 2 Right to Access Information Act 2013 7 (2) Where a fees notice has been given to the applicant, the public authority shall not be obliged to comply with section 2 unless the fee is paid within the period of three months beginning on the day on which the fees notice is given to the applicant. (3) Subject to subsection (5), any fee under this section shall not exceed the reasonable, cost-based amount for reproducing and sending the information to the applicant, and shall be in accordance with any Regulations made by the Minister under this Act. (4) Regulations made by the Minister under subsection (3) may, in particular, provide that no fee shall be payable under this section in the following cases:– (a) where the applicant falls below a certain income level; (b) where the request is for personal information relating to the applicant; or (c) where the request is in the public interest, for example because the applicant intends to make the information public. (5) Subsection (3) shall not apply where provision is made in any enactment as to the fee that may be charged by the public authority for the disclosure of the information. 7. (1) Where, on making a request for information, the applicant expresses a preference for communication by any one or more of the following means:– (a) providing the applicant with a copy, certified or otherwise, of the information in permanent form or in another form acceptable to the applicant, such as an electronic form; Communication of request.