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(3) The Commissioner and the Director of the Archives shall together, after appropriate
consultation with interested parties, issue and from time to time update a Code of Practice
relating to the keeping, management and disposal of records, as well as the transfer of records
to the National Archives.
(4) Every public body shall, in the annual report referred to in section 18 (2), report
on its activities under this section.
21. Training of officials.
(1) Every public body shall ensure the provision of appropriate training for its officials
on the right to information and the effective implementation of this Act.
(2) Every public body shall, in the annual report referred to in section 18 (2), report
on its activities under this section.
22. Reports to Commissioner.
An information officer shall submit to the Commissioner a monthly report on requests
for information made to the information officer which reports shall include information
about:
(a) the number of requests for information received, granted in full or in part, and
refused;
(b) how often and which sections of the Act were relied upon to refuse, in part or
in full, requests for information;
(c) appeals from refusals to communicate information; and
(d) fees charged for requests for information.
PART 4
EXCEPTIONS
23. Public interest override.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Part, a public body may not refuse to indicate
whether or not it holds a record, or refuse to communicate information, unless the harm to
the protected interest outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
24. Information already publicly available.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Part, a body may not refuse to communicate
information where the information is already publicly available.
25. Severability.
If a request for information relates to a record containing information which, subject
to this Part, falls within the scope of an exception, any information in the record which is
not subject to an exception shall, to the extent it may reasonably be severed from the rest
of the information, be communicated to the person making the request.
26. Personal information.
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