PT.3 S.21[NO. 30.] Freedom of Information Act 2014. [2014.] (c) if the decision is to refuse to grant, wholly or in part, the request aforesaid, the information specified in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of section 13(2) and, if the refusal is not pursuant to section 15(1)(c), 28(5), 31(4), 32(2), 33(4), 35(4), 36(4) or 37(6), the information specified in subparagraph (ii) of that paragraph, (d) if the decision is to defer the giving of access to the record concerned, the reasons for the deferral and the period of the deferral, (e) if the decision is a decision referred to in paragraph (b), (c), (e), (f) or (g) of subsection (1), the reasons for the decision, and (f) particulars of the rights of review and appeal under this Act in relation to the decision, the procedure governing the exercise of those rights and the time limits governing such exercise. (6) This section shall not be construed as requiring the inclusion in a notice under subsection (4) of matter that, if it were included in a record, would cause the record to be an exempt record. (7) An application for a review under subsection (2) shall be made not later than 4 weeks after the notification under this Act of the decision concerned to the relevant person concerned or, in a case in which the head concerned is of the opinion that there are reasonable grounds for extending that period, the expiration of such longer period as he or she may determine. (8) The relevant person concerned may, at any time before the making of a decision under subsection (2) following the review concerned, by notice in writing or in such other form as may be determined, given to the head concerned, withdraw the application concerned under that subsection and the head concerned shall cause a copy of any notice given to him or her under this subsection to be given to any other person to whom, in the opinion of the head, it should be given. (9) Subsection (3) of section 13 shall apply in relation to a case where a decision under subsection (2) is to grant an FOI request or to annul or vary a deferral under section 16 with the modification that the reference in the said subsection (3) to the grant of a request under subsection (1) of section 13 shall be construed as a reference to the making of the decision under subsection (2). (10) Subject to this Act, a decision under subsection (2) shall— (a) insofar as it is inconsistent with the decision to which this section applies, have effect in lieu thereof, and (b) be binding on the parties concerned. (11) In this section “relevant person”, in relation to a decision to which this section applies, means— (a) the requester concerned, or 38

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