Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016 21 28. Where a request for information is refused by an information officer, such officer shall specify the following information in the communication to be sent under section 25(1), to the citizen who made the request– Refusal of a request to be communicated. (a) the grounds on which such request is refused; and (b) the period within which and the person to whom an appeal against such refusal may be preferred under section 32 of this Act. 29. (1) Where a request made to an information officer by any citizen to disclose information which relates to, or has been supplied by a third party and such information has been treated as confidential at the time the information was supplied, the information officer shall, within one week of the receipt of such request, invite such third party by notice issued in writing, to make representation for or against such disclosure, within seven days of the receipt of the notice. (2) An information officer shall be required in making his decision on any request made for the disclosure of information which relates to or has been supplied by a third party, to take into consideration the representations made by such third party under subsection (1), and shall, where the third party(a) does not respond to the notice, disclose information requested for; (b) responds to the notice and agrees to the disclosure of the information requested for, disclose such information; (c) responds to the notice and refuses to the disclosure of the information requested for, deny access to the information requested for: Where information requested for was supplied by a third party.