FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 49

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 49

49 .         Decision on application, notice of

        (1)         The agency has to give the person written notice of its decision on the application for amendment.

        (2)         Section 13 applies with any necessary modifications to a notice under subsection (1) except that the references to 45 days are to be read as references to 30 days.

        (3)         Section 30(a) and (b) apply to a notice under subsection (1).

        (4)         If the agency decides to amend the information the notice has to give details of the amendment made.

        (5)         If the agency decides not to amend the information in accordance with the application the notice has to give details of —

            (a)         the reasons for the decision and the findings on any material questions of fact underlying those reasons, referring to the material on which those findings were based; and

            (b)         the rights of review and appeal under this Act and the procedure to be followed to exercise those rights; and

            (c)         the right to request that a notation or attachment be made to the information and the procedure to be followed to exercise that right.

        (6)         If the application was transferred to the agency under section 47 and the agency decides to amend the information, the agency has to give a copy of the notice to the transferring agency.