New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1989 - SECT 58A

58A Review by the Supreme Court

(1) The Supreme Court may, on the application of the review applicant in proceedings before the Tribunal under Division 2, consider the grounds on which it is claimed that a document that is the subject of a Ministerial certificate is a restricted document.

(2) In any proceedings under this section, the Supreme Court is, on the application of the Minister administering this Act, or the agency or Minister concerned, to receive evidence and hear argument in the absence of:

(a) the public,

(b) the review applicant, and

(c) if in the opinion of the Supreme Court it is necessary to do so to prevent the disclosure of any exempt matter-the review applicant’s representative.

(3) For the purposes of any proceedings under this section, the Minister administering this Act is a party to the proceedings.