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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 12 Part not to apply to certain documents

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 12

Part not to apply to certain documents

  (1)   A person is not entitled to obtain access under this Part   to:

  (a)   a document, or a copy of a document, which is, under the Archives Act 1983 , within the open access period within the meaning of that Act unless the document contains personal information (including personal information about a deceased person); or

  (b)   a document that is open to public access, as part of a public register or otherwise, in accordance with an enactment or a Norfolk Island law, where that access is subject to a fee or other charge; or

  (ba)   a document that is open to public access, as part of a land title register, in accordance with a law of a State or Territory where that access is subject to a fee or other charge; or

  (c)   a document that is available for purchase by the public in accordance with arrangements made by an agency.

  (2)   A person is not entitled to obtain access under this Part   to a document or a part of a document that became a document of a Norfolk Island agency more than 5 years before the commencement of this subsection unless:

  (c)   the document, or that part of the document, contains information that is:

  (i)   personal information about that person; or

  (ii)   information relating to that person's business, commercial or financial affairs; or

  (d)   the document, or that part of the document, is a document or a part of a document access to which is reasonably necessary to enable a proper understanding of a document of a Norfolk Island agency to which that person has lawfully had access.