GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 3
Object of Act
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 3
Object of Act
3 Object of Act
(1) In order to maintain and advance a system of responsible and
representative democratic Government that is open, accountable, fair and
effective, the object of this Act is to open government information to the
public by--
(a) authorising and encouraging the proactive public release of
government information by agencies, and
(b) giving members of the public an
enforceable right to access government information, and
(a) that this Act be interpreted and applied so as to further the
object of this Act, and
(b) that the discretions conferred by this Act be
exercised, as far as possible, so as to facilitate and encourage, promptly and
at the lowest reasonable cost, access to government information.