PART 3PARTICIPATION REQUESTS
Decisions about participation requests
I127Power to decline certain participation requests
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.