New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17A Requests involving substantial collation or research

• (1) In deciding whether to refuse a request under section 17(f), the local authority must consider whether doing either or both of the following would enable the request to be granted:

  • (a) fixing a charge under section 13:

  • (b) extending the time limit under section 14.

  (2) For the purposes of refusing a request under section 17(f), the local authority 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 17A: inserted, on 22 October 2003, by section 3 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 82).