[2014.]
Freedom of Information Act 2014.
[No. 30.]PT.3 S.13
(a) if—
(i) a fee is not charged under section 27 in respect of the matter,
(ii) a deposit under that section has been paid and a fee under that section is
charged and the amount of the deposit equals or exceeds the amount of the
fee, or
(iii) such a deposit has been paid but such a fee is not charged,
access to the record concerned shall be offered to the requester concerned
forthwith and the record shall be kept available for the purpose of such access for
a period of 4 weeks thereafter, and
(b) if a fee is so charged, access to the record concerned shall be offered to the
requester concerned as soon as may be, but not more than one week, after the day
on which the fee is received by the FOI body concerned, and the record shall be
kept available for the purpose of such access until—
(i) the expiration of the period of 4 weeks from such receipt, or
(ii) the expiration of the period of 8 weeks from the receipt by the requester
concerned of the notice under subsection (1) concerned,
whichever is the earlier.
(4) Subject to this Act, in deciding whether to grant or refuse to grant an FOI request—
(a) any reason that the requester gives for the request, and
(b) any belief or opinion of the head as to what are the reasons of the requester for
the request,
shall be disregarded.
(5) This section shall not be construed as requiring the inclusion in a notice under
subsection (1) of matter that, if it were included in a record, would cause the record to
be an exempt record.
(6) References in this section to the grant of an FOI request include references to such a
grant pursuant to section 18.
Extension of time for consideration of FOI requests
14. (1) The head may, as respects an FOI request received by him or her (the “specified
request”), extend the period specified in section 13(1) for consideration of the request
by such period as he or she considers necessary but not exceeding a period of 4 weeks
if, in the opinion of the head—
(a) the request relates to such number of records, or
(b) the number of other FOI requests relating either to the record or records to which
the specified request relates or to information corresponding to that to which the
specified request relates or to both that have been made to the FOI body
concerned before the specified request was made to it and in relation to which a
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