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(1) In deciding whether to refuse a request under section 18(f), the department, Minister of the Crown, or organisation must consider whether doing either or both of the following would enable the request to be granted:
(a) fixing a charge under section 15:
(b) extending the time limit under section 15A.
(2) For the purposes of refusing a request under section 18(f), the department, Minister of the Crown, or organisation may treat as a single request 2 or more requests from the same person—
(a) that are about the same subject matter or about similar subject matters; and
(b) that are received simultaneously or in short succession.
Section 18A: inserted, on 22 October 2003, by section 3 of the Official Information Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 90).