When is the deadline for foia response to a request for information?
The catalogue records a 20 working-days period from The date of receipt, meaning the day the public authority receives the request or, if later, the day it receives the further identifying information referred to in s.1(3) (s.10(6)). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 20 working-days
- Trigger
- The date of receipt, meaning the day the public authority receives the request or, if later, the day it receives the further identifying information referred to in s.1(3) (s.10(6))
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
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- No general power to extend. The only relaxations are the fees-notice clock stop (s.10(2)), the public interest extension (s.10(3)) and the extended periods prescribed under s.10(4). Neither the authority nor the Commissioner can grant an ad hoc extension; late compliance is a breach of Part I.
- Working day is defined in s.10(6): "any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom." Note "in any part of the United Kingdom" - a Scottish or Northern Irish bank holiday is excluded even for an English authority. The 20 working day figure is