(1)  Information requested under this Act may be provided –

(a) by giving the applicant a reasonable opportunity to inspect the record containing the information; or

(b) in the case of information recorded or embodied in a record in a manner in which it can be reproduced, by providing the applicant with a transcript of the information; or

(c) by providing the applicant with a copy, including an electronic copy, of the record containing the information; or

(d) in the case of information contained in a record from which sounds or visual images can be reproduced, by giving the applicant a reasonable opportunity to hear the sounds or view the images.

(2)  A copy of information that is provided with exempt information deleted is to have included on it a note to the effect that the copy is not a complete copy of the original information.

(3)  If –

(a) information requested under this Act is included with other information; and

(b) the information requested can be extracted from that other information by the use of a computer or other equipment usually available to the public authority or Minister –

the information is to be extracted accordingly.

(4)  Without prejudice to subsection (1) , if –

(a) a public authority or a Minister has information requested by an applicant in a particular form; and

(b) the applicant has indicated a preference for receiving the information in that particular form –

the public authority or Minister must provide that information by providing the applicant with the information or part of the information in the particular form unless it is impracticable to do so or to do so would breach copyright.

(5)  If –

(a) a request is made to a public authority or Minister for information of a medical or psychiatric nature concerning the person making the request; and

(b) it appears to the principal officer of the public authority or to that Minister that the provision of the information to that person might be prejudicial to the physical or mental health or wellbeing of that person –

the principal officer or Minister may direct that the information must not be provided to the person who made the request but must instead be provided to a medical practitioner nominated by that person.

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