FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 19 Requests involving use of computers etc.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 19
Requests involving use of computers etc.(1) Where—
(a) a request is duly made to an agency;
(b) it appears from the request that the desire of the applicant is for information that is not available in discrete form in documents of the agency; and
(c) the agency could produce a written document containing the information in discrete form by—
(i) the use of a computer or other equipment that is ordinarily available to the agency for retrieving or collating stored information; or
(ii) the making of a transcript from a sound recording held in the agency—
the agency shall deal with the request as if it were a request for access to a written document so produced and containing that information and, for that purpose, this Act applies as if the agency had such a document in its possession.
(2) In this section where appropriate "agency" includes a Minister.