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after the request was received by this Office. Please ensure you have
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Mr Morrison-Francis,

It would assist CSC in responding to your request if you could clarify the
extent of your request in relation to the type of ‘Exemptions’ or ‘Wavers’
it is you intend to seek access to.  We note the scope of this request
could result in the request being too broad to process and potentially
result in a substantial and unreason diversion of the resources of CSC
under s.24 of the FOI Act.

Best regards,

Adam Ivancic

Parliamentary and Information Release Coordinator

General Counsel Team

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Mr Morrison-Francis

I refer to your request for access to documents relating to ‘exemptions
and waivers’ under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

I am an officer authorised under section 23(1) of the FOI Act to make
decisions in relation to FOI requests. I am writing to tell you that I
believe that the work involved in processing your request in its current
form would substantially and unreasonably divert the resources of this
agency from its other operations due to its broad scope. This is called a
‘practical refusal reason’ (section 24AA).

On this basis, I intend to refuse access to the documents you requested.
However, before I make a final decision to do this, you have an
opportunity to revise your request. This is called a ‘request consultation
process’ as set out under section 24AB of the FOI Act. You have 14 days to
respond to this notice in one of the ways set out below.

Why I intend to refuse your request

I decided that a practical refusal reason exists due to the large number
of documents that would have to be analysed to determine which of them are
in scope of your request.  I am satisfied that you have yet to
sufficiently refine the scope of your request to provide enough
information for us to identify the documents you are seeking access to.  I
am satisfied that processing that number of documents would place an
unreasonable burden on a limited number of CSC staff. As such, this in my
view would be a substantial and unreasonable diversion of the CSC’s
resources from its other operations.

Request consultation process

You now have an opportunity to revise your request to enable it to
proceed. Revising your request can mean narrowing the scope of the request
to make it more manageable or explaining in more detail the documents you
wish to access. For example, by providing more specific information about
exactly what documents you are interested in, our agency will be able to
pinpoint the documents more quickly and avoid using excessive resources to
process documents you are not interested in.  Before the end of the
consultation period, you must do one of the following, in writing:

·        withdraw your request

·        make a revised request

·        tell us that you do not wish to revise your request.

The consultation period runs for 14 days and starts on the day after you
receive this notice.  During this period, you are welcome to seek
assistance from the contact below to revise your request. If you revise
your request in a way that adequately addresses the practical refusal
grounds outlined above, we will recommence processing it. (Please note
that the time taken to consult you regarding the scope of your request is
not taken into account for the purposes of the 30 day time limit for
processing your request.)

If you do not do one of the three things listed above during the
consultation period or you do not consult the contact person during this
period, your request will be taken to have been withdrawn.

Contact officer

If you would like to revise your request or have any questions, contact
[1][email address]

Yours sincerely

Adam Ivancic

Parliamentary and Information Release Coordinator

General Counsel Team

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