[2014.]
Freedom of Information Act 2014.
[No. 30.]PT.3 S.9
(a) by altering it so as to make the information complete or correct or not misleading,
as may be appropriate,
(b) by adding to the record a statement specifying the respects in which the body is
satisfied that the information is incomplete, incorrect or misleading, as may be
appropriate, or
(c) by deleting the information from it.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall, in so far as is practicable—
(a) specify the record concerned and the amendment required, and
(b) include appropriate information in support of the application.
(3) The head concerned shall, as soon as may be, but not later than 4 weeks, after the
receipt by him or her of an application under subsection (1), decide whether to grant
or refuse to grant the application and shall cause notice, in writing or in such other
form as may be determined, of his or her decision and, if the decision is to grant it, of
the manner of such grant to be given to the person concerned.
(4) (a) If the grant of an application under subsection (1) is refused, the head concerned
shall—
(i) attach to the record concerned the application or a copy of it or, if that is not
practicable, a notation indicating that the application has been made, and
(ii) include in the notification under subsection (3) particulars of—
(I) rights of review and appeal under this Act in relation to the decision to
refuse to grant the application, and
(II) the procedure governing the exercise of those rights and any time limits
governing such exercise.
(b) Paragraph (a)(i) does not apply in relation to a case in which the head concerned
is of the opinion that the contents of the application concerned are defamatory, or
the alterations or additions to the record concerned to which the application
relates would be unnecessarily voluminous.
(5) Where a record is amended pursuant to this section, the FOI body concerned shall
take all reasonable steps to give notice of the making of the amendment to—
(a) any person to whom access to the record was granted under this Act, and
(b) any other FOI body to whom a copy of the record was given,
during the period of one year ending on the date on which the amendment was
effected.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may provide by regulations for the
making of an application under that subsection—
(a) by the parent or guardian of an individual referred to in that subsection, if the
individual belongs to a class specified in the regulations, or
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