No. 19 of 2004.
The Freedom of Information
Act, 2004.
11
ANTIGUA
AND
BARBUDA
(4) A public body shall not require payment of a fee pursuant
to subsection (1) where the cost of collecting that fee would
exceed the amount of the fee.
21. (1) Where a request indicates a preference as to the
form of communication of information provided in subsection
(2), a public authority commu~~icating
information pursuant
to a request for information shall, subject, to subsection (3),
do so in accordance with the preference indicated by the
applicant.
(2) An applicant may, in a request for information, indicate
the following preferences as to the form of communication of
information(a)
a true copy of the record in permanent or other form;
(b)
an opportunity to inspect the record, where
necessary using equipment normally available to
the public authority;
(c)
an opportunity to copy the record;
(d)
a transcript of the record in print, electronic, sound
or visual form;
(e)
a transcript of the content of a record, in print,
electronic, sound or visual form, where such
transcript is capable of being produced using
equipment normally available to the authority; or
a transcript of the record from shorthand or other
codified form.
(3) A public authority shall not be required to communicate
information in the fonn indicated by the person making the
request where to do so would (a)
unreasonably interfere with the operations of the
public authority; or
(b)
adversely affect the preservation of the record.
(4) Where a record exists in more than one language,
communication of the record shall, from among those languages,
Means of
communicating
information.