Access in particular form
101 Access in particular form
This section—
applies if an external review application is made in relation to an access application; but
does not apply to an external review of a decision refusing to give access in the form mentioned in section 68(1)(e).
If a document relevant to an external review is a document—
by which words are recorded in a way in which they are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound; or
in which words are contained in the form of shorthand writing or in codified form;
the information commissioner may require the agency or Minister concerned to give the commissioner a written transcript of the words recorded or contained in the document.
If—
the access application relevant to the external review relates to information that is not contained in a written document in the possession, or under the control, of the agency or Minister concerned; and
the agency or Minister could create a written document containing the information using equipment that is usually available to it for retrieving or collating stored information;
the commissioner may require the agency or
Minister to give the commissioner a written document created using the equipment.
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