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27Power to decline certain participation requestsS
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(1)Subsection (2) applies where—
(a)a participation request (a “new request”) is made to a public service authority,
(b)the new request relates to matters that are the same, or substantially the same, as matters contained in a previous participation request (a “previous request”), and
(c)the previous request was made in the period of two years ending with the date on which the new request is made.
(2)The public service authority may decline to consider the new request.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a new request relates to matters that are the same, or substantially the same, as matters contained in a previous request only if both requests relate to—
(a)the same public service, and
(b)the same, or substantially the same, outcome that results from, or is contributed to by virtue of, the provision of the public service.
(4)For the purposes of this section, it is irrelevant whether the body making a new request is the same body as, or a different body from, that which made the previous request.
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