Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1989 - SECT 30

    (1)     Where—

        (a)     there is an application fee in respect of an application to an agency or Minister under section 14 (1) requesting access to a document or under section 59 (1) requesting a review of a decision relating to a document (whether or not the fee has been paid); and

        (b)     the agency or Minister is satisfied that—

              (i)     the payment of the fee or of a part of the fee would cause or has caused financial hardship to the applicant or to a person on whose behalf the application was made; or

              (ii)     the document relates to personal information about the applicant or a person on whose behalf the application was made; or

              (iii)     the giving of access is in the general public interest or in the interest of a substantial section of the public;

the agency or Minister may remit the fee or part of the fee.

    (2)     Where the whole or part of an application fee is remitted under subsection (1), then, to the extent of the remission, there shall not, for section 14 (1) or 59 (1), as the case may be, be taken to be an application fee in respect of the application.