Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 No. 3 of 1982 - SECT 22

22. (1) Where -

   (a)  a decision is made not to grant a request for access to a document on
        the
ground that it is an exempt document;

   (b)  it is possible for the agency or Minister to make a copy of the
        document
with such deletions that the copy would not be an exempt document and
would not, by reason of the deletions, be misleading; and

   (c)  it is reasonably practicable for the agency or Minister, having regard
        to
the nature and extent of the work involved in deciding on and making
those deletions and the resources available for that work, to make such
a copy, the agency or Minister shall, unless it is apparent from the request
or as a result of consultation by the agency or Minister with the applicant,
that the applicant would not wish to have access to such a copy, make, and
grant access to, such a copy.

(2) Where access is granted to a copy of a document in accordance with
sub-section (1) -

   (a)  the applicant shall be informed that it is such a copy and also
        informed
of the provision of this Act by virtue of which any matter deleted is
exempt matter; and

   (b)  section 26 does not apply to the decision that the applicant is not
entitled
to access to the whole of the document unless the applicant requests the
agency or Minister to furnish to him a notice in writing in accordance
with that section.