2

Where the request relates to a document other than a document in relation to which a charge is applicable under item 2A or 3 -- a charge in respect of the time spent by the relevant agency or the relevant Minister in searching for or retrieving the document

$15.00 per hour

2A

If the request relates to a document that contains personal information about the applicant -- a charge for the time spent by the agency or the Minister in searching for or retrieving the document

$15 for each hour, to a maximum charge of $30

3

Where the request, being a request made to an agency, is in respect of information that is not available in discrete form in documents of the agency -- a charge in respect of the production of a document containing the information in discrete form by the use of a computer or other equipment that is ordinarily available to the agency for retrieving or collating stored information

an amount not exceeding the actual cost incurred by the agency in producing the document

4

Where

   (a)  the request relates to a document by which words are recorded in a manner in which they are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound or in which words are contained in the form of shorthand writing or in codified form; and

$4.40 per page of transcript

   (b)  for the purpose of making a decision on the request, a written transcript of the words recorded or contained in the document is produced, a charge in respect of the production of such a written transcript

5

A charge in respect of the time that is spent (other than on an application under section 54 of the Act for the review of a decision) by an agency or Minister in deciding whether to grant, refuse or defer access to the document or to grant access to a copy of the document with deletions, including time spent

   (a)  in examining the document;

   (b)  in consultation with any person or body;

   (c)  in making a copy with deletions; or

   (d)  in notifying any interim or final decision on the request

$20.00 per hour

6

If the document referred to in item 5 contains personal information about the applicant -- a charge for the time that is spent in deciding whether to grant, refuse or defer access to the document or to grant access to a copy of the document with deletions

$20 for each hour, to a maximum charge of $40

1

Where access to the document to which the request relates is given

   (a)  in the form of an opportunity to inspect the document under the supervision of an officer; or

   (b)  in the case of a document that is an article or thing from which sounds or visual images are capable of being produced -- in the form of arrangements for the applicant to hear or view those sounds or visual images under the supervision of an officer,

a charge in respect of the period during which the officer supervises the inspection, hearing or viewing, as the case may be

if the period does not exceed half an hour -- $6.25

if the period exceeds half an hour, for each half‑hour, and any period not exceeding half an hour, included in the period -- $6.25

2

Where the request relates to a written document and access to the document is given in the form of the provision of a photocopy of the document -- a charge in respect of the number of pages of photocopy provided to the applicant

10 cents per page

3

Where the request relates to a written document and access to the document is given in the form of the provision of a copy (other than a photocopy) of the document -- a charge in respect of the number of pages of copy provided to the applicant

$4.40 per page

4

Where

   (a)  the request, being a request made to an agency, is in respect of information (in this item referred to as the 'relevant information') that is available in discrete form in a document produced (whether for the purposes of the request or not) by the use of a computer or other equipment that is ordinarily available to the agency for retrieving or collating stored information;

(b) deletions are made from the document before access to it is given to the applicant; and

   (c)  it is not reasonably practicable to make these deletions otherwise than by the use of a computer or other equipment referred to in paragraph (a), a charge in respect of the production by the computer or other equipment of a copy of the document with those deletions

an amount not exceeding the actual costs incurred by the agency in producing such a copy of the document

4A

A charge for the production by an agency of a copy of a document in the form of a computer tape or a computer disk

an amount that does not exceed the actual costs incurred by the agency in producing the copy of the document

5

Where

   (a)  the request relates to a document that is an article or thing from which sounds or visual images are capable of being produced; and

an amount not exceeding the actual costs incurred by the relevant agency or Minister in respect of those arrangements

   (b)  access to the document is given in the form of arrangements for the applicant to hear or view those sounds or visual images, a charge in respect of the arrangements so made other than any arrangements in respect of which a charge is applicable under Item 1

6

Where

   (a)  the request relates to a document that is an article or thing from which sounds or visual images are capable of being produced; and

   (b)  access is given in the form of the provision of a copy of the document, a charge in respect of the production of the copy so provided

an amount not exceeding the actual costs (including, where applicable, the cost of any tape, film or other article or thing provided) incurred by the relevant agency or Minister in producing the copy

7

Where

   (a)  the request relates to a document by which words are recorded in a manner in which they are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound or in which words are contained in the form of shorthand writing or in codified form;

   (b)  access is given in the form of the provision of a written transcript (with or without deletions) of the words recorded or contained in the document; and

   (c)  the applicant has not paid, or is not liable to pay, as a charge in respect of the request for access to the document, a charge in respect of the production of such a written transcript, a charge in respect of the production of that written transcript

$4.40 per page of transcript

8

Where

   (a)  access to the document to which the request relates is to be given in the form of the provision of a copy of the document; and

   (b)  the copy so provided is, at the request of the applicant, to be sent by post or delivered to him at a place other than an Information Access Office,

a charge in respect of the posting or delivery of the copy

an amount not exceeding the cost of postage or delivery