Practice question
A covered office grants a request for a large set of releasable records. It charges a reasonable amount reflecting necessary actual copying costs under applicable rules, but no charge for accepting the request. A challenger says Section 10 forbids all cost recovery whatsoever. Which response is best?
- Any amount is lawful if the office calls it copying.
- The requester must pay an unlimited private bonus.
- Section 10 permits reasonable reimbursement of necessary costs, including actual reproduction, while forbidding onerous fees defeating access and acceptance fees.
- Every grant becomes invalid if records have pages.
- Reasonable copying costs automatically authorize disclosure of legally confidential matter.
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 2, July 23, 2016, Sections 1 and 9-13: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo2016/eo_2_2016.html
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