! ! Incomplete!or! Inaccurate!or! Meaningless! Request! 8! ! ! Transfer!of!a! request!from!one! state@office!to!the! other! ! 9! Unofficial)translation) ! ! requires!an!excessive!amount!of!time!which! would!disrupt!the!normal!work!load!of!that! State!Office,!that!State!Office!has!the!discretion! to!extend!the!21!day!period!stipulated!in! subsection!(a)!of!this!Section!for!further!14!days! period,!which!must!be!made!in!writing!within! the!first!21!days!of!the!application.!! ! ! (d)! Where!a!state@office!fails!to!comply!with!the! periods!and!procedure!prescribed!in! subsections!(a),!(b)!and!(c)!of!this!section,!that! office!shall!for!the!purposes!of!this!Act!be! considered!to!have!refused!access!to!such! information.! ! (a)! A!request!for!access!to!information!from!a!state@ office!may!be!declined!for!failure!to!provide!the! necessary!information!in!the!application,!as! required!in!this!Act.!!.!However,!a!request!may! be!so!declined!only!after!notifying!the!applicant! and!providing!the!applicant!an!opportunity!to! complete!all!the!information!required!for!an! application!in!compliance!with!this!Act,!and! after!offering!assistance!to!help!the!applicant! comply!with!the!requirements!of!the!Act.!.!If!the! applicant!still!fails!to!comply!with!the! stipulations!required!for!an!application!under! this!Act!!! ! (b)! Where!the!state@office!has!responded!to!the! request,!or!had!done!so!to!the!same!request! previously,!and!where!after!the!response!there! has!been!no!change!to!the!information!since! then,!or!where!sufficient!time!had!not!elapsed,!,! the!state@office!having!notified!the!applicant!in! writing!has!the!discretion!not!to!proceed!with! the!request,!for!the!reasons!so!given.! ! (a)! A!state@office!in!receipt!of!a!request!shall!under! the!following!circumstances!transfer!the! request!to!another!office.!If;! ! (1)! the!information!to!which!the!request! relates!is!not!in!custody!of!the!state@office! in!receipt!of!the!request,!and!the! information!is!to!the!knowledge!of!that! office!held!by!another!office;!or,! 5!

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