New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1989 - SECT 18

18 Persons by whom applications to be dealt with etc

(1) An application shall be dealt with on behalf of an agency:

(a) by the principal officer of the agency, or

(b) by such other officer of the agency as the principal officer of the agency may direct for that purpose, either generally or in a particular case.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an application for access to a local authority’s document shall be dealt with on behalf of the authority:

(a) by the principal officer of the authority, or

(b) by such other officer of the authority as the authority may, by resolution, direct for that purpose, either generally or in a particular case.

(3) An application shall be dealt with as soon as practicable (and, in any case, within 21 days) after it is received.