Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1986 No. 111 of 1986 - SECT 6

6. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraphs (2) (b) and (c) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:

"(b) cause to be prepared by a day not later than the relevant day in relation
to the agency, and as soon as practicable after preparation to be made
available, for inspection and for purchase by members of the public, at each
Information Access Office, a statement (which may take the form of an index)
specifying the documents of which copies are, at the time of preparation of
the statement, available in accordance with paragraph (a) and the place or
places where copies may be inspected and may be purchased; and

   (c)  cause to be prepared within 3 months, if practicable, and in any case
        not later than 12 months, after the preparation of the last preceding
        statement prepared in accordance with paragraph (b) or this paragraph,
        and as soon as practicable after preparation to be made available, for
        inspection and for purchase by members of the public, at each
        Information Access Office, a statement bringing up to date the
        information contained in that last preceding statement.";

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:

"(2A) For the purposes of sub-section (2)-

   (a)  the relevant day in relation to an agency is-

        (i)    in the case of an agency that was in existence before the
               commencement of the Freedom of Information Laws Amendment Act
               1986-the first day after the commencement of that Act by which
               the agency, if the amendments made by that Act to sub-section
               (2) of this section had not been made, would have been required
               under that sub-section to publish a statement in the Gazette;
               and

        (ii)   in the case of an agency that comes into existence on or after
               the commencement of the Freedom of Information Laws Amendment
               Act 1986-the day that occurs 12 months after the day on which
               the agency comes into existence; and

   (b)  'Information Access Office' means a place that is an Information
        Access Office for the purposes of section 28.";

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (8) "published in the Gazette in
        pursuance of" and substituting "prepared and made available in
        accordance with";

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (9) "Sub-sections (2) and (3) apply" and
        substituting "Sub-section (3) applies"; and

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (9) "references in those sub-sections to
        the commencement of this Part were references" and substituting
        "reference in that sub-section to the commencement of this Part were a
        reference".