The Act requires the institution to respond to access requests within 30 calendar days from the date a request is received. The 30-day time period starts to run the day the institution receives a complete request. A complete request is one that has been clarified or one which provides sufficient detail to allow the institution to understand what information is being requested. The $5.00 application fee must also have been received. The institution may extend the 30-day time limit in two situations: The request is for a large number of records or necessitates a search through a large number of records and meeting the time limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the institution. Consultations with a person outside the institution are necessary to comply with the request and cannot reasonably be completed within the time limit.