FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
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(b) be contrary to any legal duty of the public authority in
respect of the document; or
(c) prejudice the interests protected by Part V and Part VI
and (in the case of the interests protected by Part VI)
those interests are not outweighed by a contrary public
interest.
(3) Where access is not granted in the way preferred by the
applicant, the public authority shall give to the applicant the reason
for not providing the information in that way and state that the
applicant has the right under article 23 to make a complaint thereon
to the Commissioner.
13. (1) Where a request is made to a public authority for a
document which is an exempt document, but -
Deletion of exempt
matter or irrelevant
material.
(a) it is possible for the public authority to make a copy of
the document with the deletion of the exempt matter;
and
(b) it is reasonably practical for the public authority,
having regard to the nature and extent of the work
involved in deciding on and making those deletions
and the resources available for that work, to make such
a copy,
the public authority shall make such a copy available to the
applicant.
(2) Where access is granted to a copy of a document in
accordance with subarticle (1), the applicant shall be informed (a) that it is a copy;
(b) of the grounds for the deletions; and
(c) that the applicant has the right under article 23 to make
a complaint to the Commissioner about the deletions.
(3) Where a document (not being an exempt document)
contains material that is irrelevant to the applicant’s request, the
public authority may, if possible and reasonably practical and if the
applicant agrees, make available to the applicant a copy of the
document with the irrelevant material deleted; but a document may
not be withheld on the grounds that it contains irrelevant material
which cannot be deleted.
14. A request made in accordance with article 6 may be
refused only for one or more of the following reasons:
(a) that the document requested is excluded from the
scope of this Act by virtue of article 5;
(b) that, by virtue of Part V or Part VI, there is good
reason for withholding the document requested;
(c) that, by virtue of article 34, the public authority does
not confirm or deny the existence or non-existence of
the document requested;
(d) that the document requested is publicly available or
Reasons for refusal
of requests.
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