FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 30

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 30

30 .         Notice under s. 13(1)(b) of decision, form etc. of

                The notice that the agency gives the applicant under section 13(1)(b) has to give details, in relation to each decision, of —

            (a)         the day on which the decision was made; and

            (b)         the name and designation of the officer who made the decision; and

            (c)         if the decision is that a document is an exempt document and that access is to be given to a copy of the document from which exempt matter has been deleted under section 24 —

                  (i)         the fact that access is to be given to an edited copy; and

                  (ii)         the reasons for classifying the matter as exempt matter and the findings on any material questions of fact underlying those reasons, referring to the material on which those findings were based;

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            (d)         if the decision is that access to a document is to be deferred — the reasons for the deferral and, if applicable, the period for which access is likely to be deferred; and

            (e)         if the decision is to give access to a document in the manner referred to in section 28 — the arrangements to be made for giving access to the document; and

            (f)         if the decision is to refuse access to a document — the reasons for the refusal and the findings on any material questions of fact underlying those reasons, referring to the material on which those findings were based; and

            (g)         if the decision is that the applicant is liable to pay a charge to the agency — the amount of the charge and the basis on which the amount was calculated; and

            (h)         the rights of review and appeal (if any) under this Act and the procedure to be followed to exercise those rights.