10 No.6 Access to Information Act 2016 officer to whom the request is made shall reduce the request into writing in the prescribed form and provide a copy of the written request to the person requesting. Notice where access to information is requested 11.-(1) Where access to information is requested, the information holder to which the request is made shall, as soon as practicable but not exceeding thirty days after the request is received(a) give written notice to the person who made the request as to whether the information exists and, if it does, whether access to the information or a part thereof shall be given; and (b) if access is to be given, promptly give the person requesting access to the information or a part thereof in the manner prescribed under this Act. (2) Where the information holder requires further information in order to identify and locate the information requested, it shall, within fourteen days of receiving the of request for information, notify the person requesting of the need for such further information and in that case, the period of fourteen days shall be reckoned from the date on which such further information is received. (3) Where the information holder is satisfied that the information requested(a) does not exist; or (b) has already been published and it is in public domain, the information holder shall inform the person who made the request to that effect. Access to documents other than under this Act 12. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the information holder from publishing or giving access to documents, otherwise than as required by this Act, where it has the discretion to do so or such information holder is required by law to do so.