Freedom of InformationNo. 3, 1982
- (b) access shall not be given to the document, so far as it contains the information referred to in paragraph (1) (a), unless—
- (i) the time for an application to the Tribunal by that person in accordance with section 59 has expired and such an application has not been made; or
- (ii) such an application has been made and the Tribunal has confirmed the decision.
Information Access Offices
28. (1) The Minister administering this Act shall cause to be published, as soon as practicable after the date of commencement of this Part, but not later than 12 months after that date, a statement setting out the addresses of such offices of the Government of the Commonwealth, throughout Australia, as are to be Information Access Offices for the purposes of this section.
(2) A person who is entitled to obtain access to a document of an agency or to an official document of a Minister shall have that access provided, if the person so requests, at the Information Access Office having appropriate facilities to provide access in the form requested that is closest to his normal place of residence.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prevent an agency to which, or a Minister to whom, a request has been made for access to a document in a particular form from giving access to that document, in accordance with subsection 20 (3), in a form other than the form requested.
(4) A person who is provided with access to a document at an Information Access Office shall not, by reason of the fact that the provision of access at that Office has necessitated the incurring of costs by an agency or a Minister that would not have been incurred had access been provided at another place, be required to pay any charge additional to the charge that he would have been required to pay had he been provided with access at that other place.
Persons to be notified of liability to pay charges
29. Where, in accordance with the regulations, an agency or Minister makes a decision that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect of a request for access to a document or in respect of the provision of access to a document, the agency or Minister shall notify the applicant, in writing, accordingly, and shall forward to the applicant, together with that notification, a statement setting out the basis on which the amount of that charge is calculated.
Charge may, in certain circumstances, be remitted in whole or in part
30. (1) An applicant may make application, in writing, to the agency to which or the Minister to whom he made a request seeking the total or partial remission of any charge paid by him, or notified to him as being a charge that he is liable to pay, in respect of that request or in respect of the provision of access to a document to which the request relates.
