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55. Subject to regulation 59—
(a)in an urgent case regarding a serious offence—
(i)a UK competent authority must respond within eight hours of a request when the information or intelligence requested in accordance with the Framework Decision is held in a database directly accessible by the UK competent authority; but
(ii)where the provision of the information or intelligence requested in accordance with the Framework Decision within the period of eight hours would put a disproportionate burden on the UK competent authority, the UK competent authority—
(aa)may postpone the provision of the information or intelligence for up to three days;
(bb)must immediately inform the requesting competent authority of this postponement; and
(cc)must provide reasons on the form set out in Annex A;
(b)in a non-urgent case regarding a serious offence—
(i)a UK competent authority must ensure that a request for information or intelligence in accordance with the Framework Decision is responded to within one week if the requested information or intelligence is held in a database directly accessible by the UK competent authority; but
(ii)if the UK competent authority is unable to respond within seven days, it must provide reasons for that on the form set out in Annex A; and
(c)in all other cases—
(i)a UK competent authority must ensure that the information requested in accordance with the Framework Decision is communicated to the requesting competent authority within 14 days; but
(ii)if the UK competent authority is unable to respond within 14 days, it must provide reasons on the form set out in Annex A.
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