Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person who wishes to obtain access to a document of an agency or an official document of a Minister may, by application in writing to the agency or Minister, request access to the document.
Note A fee may be determined under s 80 (Determination of fees and charges) for this section.
(2) A request shall provide such information concerning the document as is reasonably necessary to enable a responsible officer of the agency, or the Minister, as the case may be, to identify the document.
(3) Where a person—
(a) wishes to make a request to an agency; or
(b) has made a request to an agency that does not comply with this section;
it is the duty of the agency to take reasonable steps to assist the person to make the request in a manner that complies with this section.
(4) Where a person has directed to an agency a request that should have been directed to another agency or to a Minister, it is the duty of the firstmentioned agency to take reasonable steps to assist the person to direct the request to the appropriate agency or Minister.
(5) Where—
(a) a person requests access to a document under this section; and
(b) an application fee is determined under section 80 (Determination of fees and charges) for the request; and
(c) the request is not accompanied by the application fee, but is accompanied by an application for remission under section 30 (Remission of application fees) of the application fee;
the request for access is to be taken to be in accordance with this section unless and until the agency has taken all reasonable steps to notify the applicant that the fee is not to be remitted in full.