body to whom the appeal should be addressed including the necessary contact
information, and the deadline for and cost of filing an appeal. The notice shall
also inform the third party of his or her right to apply to the Ombudsman and shall
include the necessary contact information.
Article 10
Severance
If part of the requested information is determined to be exempt, the competent authority
shall sever that part and disclose the remainder of the information unless the severance
has rendered it incomprehensible.
SECTION III
ACCESS PROCEDURE
Article 11
Submission of a Request
1. Requests for access to information may be submitted to the public authority the
requester believes is the competent authority.
2. Requests for access to information shall:
3. be in writing in one of the official languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
4. provide sufficient detail as to the nature and/or contents of the information sought
so as to enable the public authority exercising a reasonable effort to identify the
requested information; and
5. include the requester’s name and address.
3. Requests for access to the requester’s own personal information shall, in addition
to satisfying the requirements provided for in subsection (2), only be made by the
natural person to whom it relates, or by the requester’s legal representative or
someone authorized in writing by the requester to access the information. If the
request is made by the person to whom it relates, he or she shall sign the request
and produce legal photo-identification. If the request is made by the requester’s
legal representative or by someone authorized to access the information, that
person shall sign the request, produce his or her legal photo-identification, proof
of legal representation or authorization, and a copy of the requester’s legal
identification.
4. A public authority shall neither require nor ask for any reason or justification for
the request.