Access to Information Regulations

5 Where access to a record is to be given to a person under the Act, the head of the government institution that has control of the record shall, where appropriate, forthwith inform the person

• (a) that the record may be examined by that person in order to save the cost of reproduction of the record;

• (b) that the person may specify that he requires only certain parts of the record to be reproduced;

• (c) of any amount required to be paid as a deposit before the search or production of the record is undertaken or the record is prepared for disclosure;

• (d) of the estimated total cost of the search for the record and preparation of the record for disclosure; and

• (e) of any amount required to be paid before access is given to the record including the cost of production or reproduction.