(1)  If the application for assessed disclosure of information is made to a public authority or a Minister and the subject matter or part of the subject matter of the information requested is more closely connected with the functions of another public authority or Minister, the public authority or Minister to which the application was made must –

(a) promptly transfer the application, in full or part, to that other public authority or that other Minister and inform the person making the application accordingly; and

(b) if it is necessary to do so in order to enable that other public authority or that other Minister to deal with the application, send any relevant information to that public authority or Minister.

(2)  If an application is transferred to a public authority or Minister, it is to be taken, for the purpose of section 15 , to be an application made to that public authority or Minister and received by the public authority or Minister –

(a) at the time at which the transfer was made; or

(b) at the expiration of 10 working days after the date of the original application –

whichever first occurs.

(3)  If an application is made to the Archives Office for information contained in a record to which section 11(1) applies, the Archives Office must promptly transfer the application to the public authority taken, by virtue of that subsection, to be in possession of that record and must inform the applicant accordingly.