Section 7, The Right to Access Information Act, 2013

(1) Where, on making a request for information, theapplicant expresses a preference for communication by any one or more of the following means:– (a) providing the applicant with a copy, certified or otherwise, of the information in permanent form or in another form acceptable to the applicant, such as an electronic form; Time limit for compliance. Fees. Transfer of application. Communication of request. 6 7 (b) giving the applicant a reasonable opportunity to inspect a record containing the information; (c) providing the applicant with a digest or summary of the information in permanent form or in another form acceptable to the applicant; or (d) allowing the applicant to take notes, extracts and samples of any materials, the public authority shall so far as is reasonable, give effect to that preference. (2) A public authority shall not be required to comply with subsection (1) where to do so would– (a) be detrimental to the preservation of the record; (b) unduly divert the resources of the public authority; or (c) breach a copyright not held by the public authority. (3) Where a public authority does not, pursuant to subsection (2), comply with any preference expressed by the applicant in communicating the information, it shall– (a) notify the applicant of the reasons for this; and (b) communicate the information to the applicant by any means reasonable in the circumstances.