Section 18A — Official Information Act 1982: Requests involving substantial collation or research

18A Requests involving substantial collation or research (1) In deciding whether to refuse a request under section 18(f) , the Department, Minister of the Crown, or organisation must consider whether doing either or both of the following would enable the request to be granted: (a) fixing a charge under section 15 : (b) extending the time limit under section 15A . (2) For the purposes of refusing a request under section 18(f) , the Department, Minister of the Crown, or organisation may treat as a single request 2 or more requests from the same person— (a) that are about the same subject matter or about similar subject matters; and (b) that are received simultaneously or in short succession. Sections 18A and 18B were inserted, as from 22 October 2003, by section 3 Official Information Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 90).