Contents
Part I—Preliminary
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6A
6B
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Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
Commencement [see Note 1]............................................................. 1
Object ................................................................................................ 1
Interpretation ..................................................................................... 2
Certain legislation relating to Australian Capital Territory
not to be enactment .......................................................................... 10
Act to apply to courts in respect of administrative matters .............. 10
Act to apply to certain tribunals in respect of administrative
matters ............................................................................................. 11
Official Secretary to the Governor-General ..................................... 11
Eligible case managers .................................................................... 12
Exemption of certain persons and bodies ........................................ 12
Part II—Publication of certain documents and information
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Publication of information concerning functions and
documents of agencies ..................................................................... 14
Certain documents to be available for inspection and
purchase........................................................................................... 16
Unpublished documents not to prejudice public .............................. 19
Part III—Access to documents
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26A
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Right of access................................................................................. 20
Part not to apply to certain documents............................................. 20
Documents in certain institutions .................................................... 21
Access to documents apart from Act ............................................... 22
Requests for access .......................................................................... 22
Request for access to personnel records .......................................... 24
Transfer of requests ......................................................................... 24
Requests involving use of computers etc. ........................................ 26
Access to documents to be given on request.................................... 27
Forms of access ............................................................................... 27
Deferment of access ........................................................................ 28
Deletion of exempt matter or irrelevant material ............................. 29
Decisions to be made by authorised persons ................................... 30
Requests may be refused in certain cases ........................................ 30
Requests may be refused if documents cannot be found or do
not exist ........................................................................................... 33
Information as to existence of certain documents ............................ 33
Reasons and other particulars of decisions to be given.................... 34
Procedure on request in respect of documents likely to affect
Commonwealth-State relations........................................................ 34
Freedom of Information Act 1982
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