PT.3 S.9[NO. 30.] Freedom of Information Act 2014. [2014.] (b) in a case where such an individual is dead, by a member of a class specified in the regulations. (7) A head to whom a request under this section is made may refuse to grant the request if the request is, in the opinion of the head, frivolous or vexatious, or forms part of a pattern of manifestly unreasonable requests from the same requester or from different requesters who appear to have made the requests acting in concert. (8) A head shall cause the receipt by him or her of an application under this section to be notified to the applicant in the manner specified in section 12(2). (9) In the case of a decision to refuse to grant an application under this section the notice under subsection (3) in relation to the decision shall comply with section 13(2)(d). (10) An application under this section shall be expressed to be such an application and shall contain sufficient particulars in relation to the personal information concerned to enable the record to be identified by the taking of reasonable steps. (11) Notwithstanding subsection (10), where an FOI body receives either— (a) an application which purports to be an application under this section but which is not in the proper form, or (b) an application which does not purport to be an application under this section but which applies for the amendment of personal information to which amendment can be effected only by way of an application under this section, the head shall assist, or offer to assist, the individual in the preparation of an application under this section. Right of person to information regarding acts of FOI bodies affecting the person 10. (1) The head of an FOI body shall, on application to him or her in that behalf, in writing or in such other form as may be determined, by a person who is affected by an act of the body and has a material interest in a matter affected by the act or to which it relates, not later than 4 weeks after the receipt of the application, cause a statement, in writing or in such other form as may be determined, to be given to the person— (a) of the reasons for the act, and (b) of any findings on any material issues of fact made for the purposes of the act. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring— (a) the giving to a person of information contained in a record which would fall to be refused as an exempt record, or (b) the disclosure of the existence or non-existence of a record if the non-disclosure of its existence or non-existence is required by this Act. (3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to— (a) a decision of the Public Appointments Service or other licence holder concerned under section 24(8) of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, not to accept a person as qualified for a position 24