GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 79
Provision of information subject to subpoena
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2009 - SECT 79
Provision of information subject to subpoena
79 Provision of information subject to subpoena
(1) An agency need not
comply with a requirement of a subpoena or other order of a court for the
production of a document that the person who requested the issue of the
subpoena or applied for the order has been given access to by the agency in
response to an access application made by the person.
Note : An agency may
refuse to deal with an access application if the information is or was
available to the applicant by way of a subpoena or order of the court--see
section 60 (1) (d).
(2) This section does not apply if the court that issued
the subpoena or order specifically orders to the contrary.
