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A Public Information Officer (PIO) receives an RTI request for a company's commercial records that were supplied by a private firm and treated as confidential by that firm. The PIO intends to disclose part of the records. Within how many days of receiving the request must the PIO give written notice to the third party?

The PIO must give written notice to the third party within five days of receiving the request. The ten-day period is separate and is the time the third party has to make a representation against the proposed disclosure after receiving the notice.

  1. AFive daysCorrect
  2. BTen days
  3. CTwenty days
  4. DThirty days

Explanation

Under Section 11(1), where the PIO intends to disclose third-party information treated as confidential by that party, written notice must be given within five days of receipt of the request. The ten-day period in option B is the time the third party gets to make a representation after receiving the notice, so it is not the notice period.

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