FREEDOM OF INFORMATION [CAP. 496. 7 (b) be contrary to any legal duty of the public authority in respect of the document; or (c) prejudice the interests protected by Part V and Part VI and (in the case of the interests protected by Part VI) those interests are not outweighed by a contrary public interest. (3) Where access is not granted in the way preferred by the applicant, the public authority shall give to the applicant the reason for not providing the information in that way and state that the applicant has the right under article 23 to make a complaint thereon to the Commissioner. 13. (1) Where a request is made to a public authority for a document which is an exempt document, but - Deletion of exempt matter or irrelevant material. (a) it is possible for the public authority to make a copy of the document with the deletion of the exempt matter; and (b) it is reasonably practical for the public authority, having regard to the nature and extent of the work involved in deciding on and making those deletions and the resources available for that work, to make such a copy, the public authority shall make such a copy available to the applicant. (2) Where access is granted to a copy of a document in accordance with subarticle (1), the applicant shall be informed (a) that it is a copy; (b) of the grounds for the deletions; and (c) that the applicant has the right under article 23 to make a complaint to the Commissioner about the deletions. (3) Where a document (not being an exempt document) contains material that is irrelevant to the applicant’s request, the public authority may, if possible and reasonably practical and if the applicant agrees, make available to the applicant a copy of the document with the irrelevant material deleted; but a document may not be withheld on the grounds that it contains irrelevant material which cannot be deleted. 14. A request made in accordance with article 6 may be refused only for one or more of the following reasons: (a) that the document requested is excluded from the scope of this Act by virtue of article 5; (b) that, by virtue of Part V or Part VI, there is good reason for withholding the document requested; (c) that, by virtue of article 34, the public authority does not confirm or deny the existence or non-existence of the document requested; (d) that the document requested is publicly available or Reasons for refusal of requests.

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