Cap. 496 чл. 14Reasonsforrefusal of requests.

A request made in accordance with article 6 may be refused only for one or more of the following reasons:

(a) that the document requested is excluded from the scope of this Act by virtue of article 5;

(b) that, by virtue of Part V or Part VI, there is good reason for withholding the document requested;

(c) that, by virtue of article 34, the public authority does not confirm or deny the existence or non-existence of the document requested; authority;

(f) that the resources required to -

(i) identify, locate or collate a document or documents;

(ii) examine a document or consult any person or body in relation to its possible disclosure; or

(iii) make a copy, or an edited copy, of a document, would substantially and unreasonably divert the resources of the public authority from its other operations, and it has not proved possible for the applicant, with advice from the public authority, to redefine his request in such a manner as to make it more easily addressed by the authority;

(g) that the document requested is not held by the public authority and the person dealing with the request has no grounds for believing that the document is held by, or connected more closely with the functions of, another public authority; or

(h) that the request is frivolous or vexatious or that the information requested is trivial.