Yes, there are.
Mr. Chairman, there is a reference in the guidelines with respect to extensions under the act. Those are dealt with in paragraphs 9(1)(a), 9(1)(b), and 9(1)(c). Basically, they deal with consultations with other government institutions if there are a large number of requests. Paragraph 9(1)(c) has to do with access requests dealing with commercial information where you're engaging a third party.
So there are guidelines that explain to the ATIP community how to extend. As you correctly pointed out, there is a 30-day mandatory period to respond, but there is the opportunity to extend beyond that.
The objective, of course, is for the ATIP office to respond by the target date that they've assessed as being reasonable to process that request.