Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1989 - SECT 25

    (1)     Where, in relation to a request, a decision is made relating to a refusal to grant access to a document in accordance with the request or deferring provision of access to a document, the decision-maker shall cause the applicant to be given notice in writing of the decision—

        (a)     stating the findings on any material questions of fact, referring to the material on which those findings were based, and stating the reasons for the decision; and

        (b)     where the decision relates to a document of an agency—stating the name and the designation of the person giving the decision; and

        (c)     giving to the applicant appropriate information concerning—

              (i)     his or her rights with respect to review of the decision; and

              (ii)     his or her rights to make a complaint to the ombudsman in relation to the decision; and

              (iii)     the procedure for the exercise of those rights;

including (where applicable) particulars of the manner in which an application for review under section 59 may be made.

    (2)     The Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1989 , section 13 does not apply to a decision referred to in subsection (1).

    (3)     A notice under this section is not required to contain any matter that is of such a nature that its inclusion in a document of an agency would cause that document to be an exempt document.