Time within which formal requests to be decided

If a request to a Ministry or prescribed authority, (a) is made in writing and is expressed to be in pursuance of this Act; and (b) is sent by post to the Ministry or prescribed authority, or delivered to an officer of the Ministry or prescribed authority, at an address of the Ministry or prescribed authority, as the case may be, to which requests made in pursuance of this Act may be sent or delivered in accordance with this section, the Ministry or prescribed authority shall take all reasonable steps to enable the applicant to be notified of a decision on the request as soon as practicable but in any case not later than two weeks after the day on which the request is received by or on behalf of the Ministry or prescribed authority.