Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003

Amendment of section 14 (review by heads of decisions) of Principal Act.

9.—Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (5), in paragraph (c), by substituting “section 10(1)(c), 19(5), 22(2), 23(2), 24(3), 26(4), 27(4) or 28(5A)” for “section 10(1)(c), 19(5), 22(2), 23(2) or 24(3)”,

and the said subsection (5) (other than paragraphs (a) and (b) and (d) to (f)), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section,

and

(b) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (8):

“(8) The relevant person concerned may, at any time before the making of a decision under subsection (2) following the review concerned, by notice in writing or in such other form as may be determined, given to the head concerned, withdraw the application concerned under that subsection and the head concerned shall cause a copy of any notice given to him or her under this subsection to be given to any other person to whom, in the opinion of the head, it should be given.”.

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(5) A notice under subsection (4) shall specify—

(c) if the decision is to refuse to grant, wholly or in part, the request aforesaid, the information specified in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of section 8(2) and, if the refusal is not pursuant to section 10(1)(c), 19(5), 22(2), 23(2), 24(3), 26(4), 27(4) or 28(5A), the information specified in subparagraph (ii) of that paragraph,