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Section 15 - Transferring a request

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15(1) Within 15 days after a request for access to a record is received by a public body, the head of the public body may transfer the request and, if necessary, the record to another public body if

(a) the record was produced by or for the other public body,

(b) the other public body was the first to obtain the record, or

(c) the record is in the custody or under the control of the other public body.

(2) If a request is transferred under subsection (1),

(a) the head of the public body who transferred the request must notify the applicant of the transfer as soon as possible, and

(b) the head of the public body to which the request is transferred must make every reasonable effort to respond to the request not later than 30 days after receiving the request unless that time limit is extended under section 14.

1994 cF-18.5 s14;1995 c17 s7

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