Section 7 1. The administrative authority shall provide information concerning the documents which contain the information required by: a. issuing a copy of the documents or conveying their exact substance in some other form, b. permitting the applicant to take note of the contents of the documents, c. supplying an extract from the documents or a summary of their contents, or d. supplying information contained in the documents. 2. In choosing one of the methods listed in subsection 1 the administrative authority shall take into account the preference of the applicant and the importance of smooth, rapid procedure. Chapter IV. Information provided voluntarily Section 8 1. The administrative authority directly concerned shall provide, of its own accord, information on its policy and the preparation and implementation thereof, whenever the provision of such information is in the interests of effective, democratic governance. 2. The administrative authority shall ensure that the information is supplied in a comprehensible form and in such a way as to reach the interested party and as many interested members of the public as possible at a time which will allow them to make their views known to the administrative authority in good time. Section 9 1. The administrative authority directly concerned shall ensure that the policy recommendations which the authority receives from independent advisory committees, together with the requests for advice and proposals made to the advisory committees by the authority, shall be made public where necessary, possibly with explanatory notes. 2. The recommendations shall be made public no more than four weeks after they have been received by the administrative authority. Their publication shall be announced in the Netherlands Government Gazette or in some other periodical made generally available by the government. Notification shall be made in a similar manner of non-publication, either total or partial. 3. The documents referred to in subsection 1 may be made public by: a. including them in a publication which is generally available, b. publishing them separately and making them generally available, or c. depositing them for public inspection, providing copies or making them available on loan. Chapter V. Exceptions and restrictions Section 10 1. Disclosure of information pursuant to this Act shall not take place insofar as:: a. this might endanger the unity of the Crown;