Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Freedom of Information Amendment Act 1983 No. 81 of 1983 - SECT 7

7. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) ''to which sub-section 32 (1) of
        the
Archives Act 1982 applies'' and substituting ''which is, under the Archives
Act 1983, within the open access period within the meaning of that Act unless
the document contains information relating to the personal affairs of a person
(including a deceased person)'';

         (b)  by inserting in sub-section (2) ''more than 5 years'' after
''official document of a Minister'' (first occurring); and

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) ''and the document became a
        document of the agency or an official document of the Minister not
        earlier than 5 years before the date of commencement of this Part''.