Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1986 No. 111 of 1986 - SECT 13

13. After section 30 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Remission of application fees

"30A. (1) Where-

   (a)  there is, in respect of an application to an agency or Minister under
        sub-section 15 (1) requesting access to a document or under
        sub-section 54 (1) requesting a review of a decision relating to a
        document, an application fee (whether or not the fee has been paid);
        and

   (b)  the agency or Minister is satisfied that-

        (i)    the payment of the fee or of a part of the fee would cause or
               caused financial hardship to the applicant or a person on whose
               behalf the application was made;

        (ii)   the document relates to the personal affairs of the applicant
               or a person on whose behalf the application was made; or

        (iii)  the giving of access is in the general public interest or in
               the interest of a substantial section of the public, the agency
               or Minister may remit the fee or the part of the fee.

"(2) Where the whole or a part of an application fee is remitted under
sub-section (1), then, to the extent of the remission, there shall not, for
the purposes of sub-section 15 (1) or 54 (1), as the case may be, be taken to
be an application fee in respect of the application.".