Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 18

             (1)  Subject to this Act, where:

                     (a)  a request is made in accordance with the requirements of subsection 15(2) by a person to an agency or Minister for access to a document of the agency or an official document of the Minister; and

                     (b)  any charge that, under the regulations, is required to be paid before access is granted has been paid;

the person shall be given access to the document in accordance with this Act.

             (2)  An agency or Minister is not required by this Act to give access to a document at a time when the document is an exempt document.