PT.3 S.16[NO. 30.] Freedom of Information Act 2014. [2014.] (b) paragraph (b) thereof required access to the record to be offered to the requester as soon as may be, but not more than one week, after— (i) the expiration of the period of the deferral, or (ii) the day on which the fee under section 27 concerned is received by the FOI body concerned, whichever is the later and the record to be kept available for the purpose of such access until— (I) the expiration of the period of 4 weeks from such receipt, or (II) the expiration of the period of 4 weeks from the expiration of the period of the deferral, whichever is the later. Manner of access to records 17. (1) A head may give access under this Act to a record by providing the requester— (a) with a copy of the record, (b) with a transcript of the information concerned, (c) where available in such form and subject to subsection (2), with a searchable electronic version of the record, (d) with a reasonable opportunity to inspect the record, (e) in case the record is of sound or visual images, with a reasonable opportunity to hear or view the record, (f) in case the information is in shorthand or other code, with the information unencoded in written form or such other form as may be determined, (g) with the information in such other form or manner as may be determined, or (h) with the information in a combination of any 2 or more of the foregoing. (2) Where a head decides to grant an FOI request and the request is for access in a particular form or manner to a record, such access shall be given in that form or manner unless the head concerned is satisfied— (a) that such access in another form or manner specified in or determined under subsection (1) would be significantly more efficient, or (b) that the giving of access in the form or manner requested would— (i) be physically detrimental to the record, (ii) involve an infringement of copyright (other than copyright owned by the State, the Government or the FOI body concerned), (iii) conflict with a legal duty or obligation of an FOI body, or (iv) prejudice, impair or damage any interest protected by Part 4 or 5. 34

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