Section 14, The Right to Access Information Act, 2013

(1) The duty to disclose information shall not apply if, orto the extent that, compliance with section 2 would involve the disclosure of any information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)– (a) information is reasonably accessible even though it is accessible only on payment, as long as the payment does not exceed the fees that would be applicable under this Act; (b) information is reasonably accessible if it is information which the public authority or any other person is bound by law to communicate; (c) information which is held by a public authority shall not be regarded as reasonably accessible merely because the information is available from the public authority itself on request, unless the information is made available in accordance with the publication scheme referred to in section 8.