s. 68 (2) An applicant for access to a document other than those referred to in subsection (1) shall be entitled to receive access, subject to this Act, to any such document provided that it came into existence not more than five years prior to the date of commencement of this section. (3) A Minister shall in his or her report under S. 67(3) substituted by section 64 include advice regarding the No. 97/1993 practicability of extending the period of s. 44(c). retrospective access provided under subsection (2) of this section. (4) Subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to access S. 67(4) inserted by to a document of an agency that is a council as if a No. 58/1993 reference to the date of commencement of this s. 25. section were a reference to the date of commencement of section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 1993. 68 Transitional S. 68 inserted by No. 57/1999 (1) If— s. 10. (a) a request for access to a document was made to an agency or a Minister under Part III as in force before 1 January 2000; and (b) the time period provided in section 21 for notification of a decision on the request had not elapsed before 1 January 2000; and (c) notice of a decision on the request had not been received by the applicant before 1 January 2000— the request must be dealt with by the agency or Minister in accordance with this Act as amended by the Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1999. (2) If—
(2) An applicant for access to a document other than those referred to in subsection (1) shall be entitled to receive access, subject to this Act, to any such document provided that it came into existence not more than five years prior to the date of commencement of this section. S. 67(3) substituted by No. 97/1993 s. 44(c). (3) A Minister shall in his or her report under section 64 include advice regarding the practicability of extending the period of retrospective access provided under subsection (2) of this section. S. 67(4) inserted by No. 58/1993 s. 25. (4) Subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to access to a document of an agency that is a council as if a reference to the date of commencement of this section were a reference to the date of commencement of section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 1993. S. 68 inserted by No. 57/1999 s. 10. 68 Transitional (1) If— (a) a request for access to a document was made to an agency or a Minister under Part III as in force before 1 January 2000; and s. 68 (b) the time period provided in section 21 for notification of a decision on the request had not elapsed before 1 January 2000; and (c) notice of a decision on the request had not been received by the applicant before 1 January 2000— the request must be dealt with by the agency or Minister in accordance with this Act as amended by the Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1999. (2) If—
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