Section 5: Transfer of application

(1) Where a public institution receives an application for access to information, and the institution is of the view that another public institution has greater interest in the information, the institution to which the application is made may within 3 days but not later than 7 days after the application is received, transfer the application, and if necessary, the information to the other public institution, in which case, the institution transferring the application shall give written notice of the transfer to the applicant, which notice shall contain a statement informing the applicant that such decision to transfer the application can be reviewed by the Court.
(2) Where an application is transferred under subsection (1), the application shall be deemed to have been made to the public institution to which it was transferred on the day the public institution received it
(3) For the purpose of sub-section (1), a public institution has "a greater interest" in information if-
(a) the information was originally produced in or for the institution; or
(b) in the case of information not originally produced in or for the public institution, the institution was the first public institution to receive the information.