GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 36 Disputes

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 36

36 Disputes

(1) If a person other than an officer of the agency (including, for example, a party to a government contract) disagrees with the way in which an agency has interpreted its obligations under this Division, the agency is to obtain--

(a) the opinion of the Chairperson of the NSW Procurement Board in relation to the matter, or

(b) if the principal officer of the agency is the Chairperson of the Board--the opinion of the Minister in relation to the matter.

(2) This section does not apply to--

(a) a State owned corporation or a subsidiary of a State owned corporation, or

(b) a local authority, or

(c) a university.