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Freedom of Information Act 1982

No. 3 of 1982

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Object
4. Interpretation
5. Act to apply to courts in respect to administrative matters
6. Act to apply to certain tribunals in respect of administrative matters
7. Exemption of certain bodies
PART II—PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION
8. Publication of information concerning functions and documents of agencies
9. Certain documents to be available for inspection and purchase
10. Unpublished documents not co prejudice public
PART III—ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
11. Right of access
12. Part not to apply to certain documents
13. Documents in certain institutions
14. Access to documents apart from Act
15. Requests for access
16. Transfer of requests
17. Requests involving use of computers, &c
18. Access to documents to be given on request
19. Time within which formal requests to decided
20. Forms of access
21. Deferment of access
22. Deletion of exempt matter
23. Decisions to be made by authorized persons