Official Information Act 1982 Reprinted as at 23 March 2010 Schedule 1 Organisations (additional to those named in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975) to which this Act applies 52 Schedule 2 Provisions relating to Information Authority [Expired] 63 Schedule 3 Enactments amended 64 An Act to make official information more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person, to protect official information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy, to establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes, and to repeal the Official Secrets Act 1951 1 (1) (2) (3) 2 (1) 4 Short Title and commencement This Act may be cited as the Official Information Act 1982. Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall come into force on 1 July 1983. This section, and Part 6, and Schedule 2, shall come into force on the day on which this Act receives the Governor-General’s assent. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— department means a government department named in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 (other than the Parliamentary Counsel Office) document means a document in any form; and includes— (a) any writing on any material: (b) any information recorded or stored by means of any tape-recorder, computer, or other device; and any material subsequently derived from information so recorded or stored: