FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 137 of 1991 - SECT 21 Certain periods to be disregarded for the purposes of processing requests

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 137 of 1991 - SECT 21

21. Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) " section 29" and substituting "
subsection 29 (1) or (6)";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (1) "period that is, for the purposes of
        section 19, the relevant period in relation to the request made by
        him" and substituting "period of 30 days mentioned in paragraph 15 (5)
        (b), or that period as extended under subsection 15 (6), in relation
        to that request";

   (c)  by omitting from subsection (1) "that relevant period" and
        substituting "that period";

   (d)  by omitting paragraphs (3) (a) and (b) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:
  "(a)   in a case where the applicant pays the charge or such deposit on
account of the charge as the applicant is required to pay under the
regulations (whether or not the applicant seeks to have the charge reduced or
not imposed under section 29 or seeks a review of the decision in respect of
the charge under section 55) - the day on which that charge or that deposit is
so paid; or

   (b)  in a case where the applicant, having not paid the charge or deposit
        referred to in paragraph (a), seeks to have the charge reduced or not
        imposed under section 29:

   (i)  if a decision is made by the agency or Minister to reduce the charge -
        the day on which the applicant pays the charge as so reduced, or such
        deposit on account of the charge as so reduced as the applicant is
        required to pay under the regulations; or

   (ii) if a decision is made by the agency or Minister not to impose the
        charge - the day on which the applicant is notified of the decision;
        or

   (ba) in a case where the request concerned was made to an agency and the
        applicant, having not paid the charge or deposit referred to in
        paragraph (a), makes application to the agency under section 54 for a
        review of the decision to impose the payment of the charge:

   (i)  if a decision is made by the agency setting aside the decision - the
        day on which the applicant is notified by the agency of that decision;
        or

   (ii) if a decision is made by the agency setting aside the decision and
        making another decision in substitution for that decision - the day on
        which the applicant pays the charge specified in the substituted
        decision, or such deposit on account of that charge as the applicant
        is required to pay under the regulations; or";

   (e)  by omitting from paragraph (3) (c) "the decision referred to in
        section  29" (first occurring) and substituting "the decision to
        impose the payment of a charge";

   (f)  by omitting from paragraph (3) (c) "the decision referred to in
        section  29" (second and third occurring) and substituting "that
        decision".