8. Request processing
Article 20
(1) If the information holder positively responds to a request, it shall compile a report
thereon.
(2) If the information holder decides to fully or partially reject a request, it shall adopt
an appropriate decision thereto.
(3) In cases mentioned in paragraph (2) hereunder, the decision shall contain an
elaboration of the reasons due to which the request in question has been rejected.
(4) If the information holder fails to enable the requester access to information within
the time period determined in Article 21 of the present Law, and if it fails to provide
the requester with the decision mentioned in paragraph (2) hereunder, the request
shall be considered rejected, after which a relevant complaint may be filed.
Article 21
(1) The information holder shall be bound to answer the requester’s request
immediately, or within 30 days following the date of information holder’s receipt of
such request at latest.
(2) The information holder shall provide the information in the form requested, unless
the information requested already exists in a pre-determined form and is available to
the public, and unless it is more desirable that the information be issued in a form
other than the requested one; in such cases, the information holder shall justify its
reasons for such information issuing.
9. Extension of the time period for issuing the information requested
Article 22
(1) If the information holder should need a time period longer than the one prescribed
in Article 21 of the present Law to enable partial access to certain information, in line
with Article 7 of the present Law, or due to the large scope of the document
requested, it may extend the time period needed, yet the time period for issuing
information may not, as a whole, exceed the period of 40 days following the date of
receipt of an information request.
(2) The information holder shall be bound to inform the requester in written form on
the extension of the time period mentioned in paragraph (1) hereunder, as well as on
the justification of the reasons for the extension, which must be done three days at
latest prior to the expiring of the time period set out in Article 21 of the present Law.
(3) The information requester shall have the right to initiate a complaint in front of the
Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public
Character within eight days, should the information holder fail to act within the time
period mentioned in paragraph (1) hereunder.
10. Requests already answered to
Article 23
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