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Queensland
FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION (REVIEW
OF SECRECY PROVISION
EXEMPTION) AMENDMENT
BILL 1994
Queensland
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (REVIEW
OF SECRECY PROVISION EXEMPTION)
AMENDMENT BILL 1994
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 Amendment of s 39 (Matter relating to investigations by
Parliamentary Commissioner or audits by Auditor-General) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 Replacement of s 48 (Matter to which secrecy provisions of
enactments apply) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
48 Matter to which secrecy provisions of enactments apply . . . . . . . . . 6
6 Insertion of Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SCHEDULE
SECRECY PROVISIONS GIVING EXEMPTION
1994
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Freedom of Information Act 1992 about the
exemption for matter to which a statutory secrecy provision
applies, and for other purposes
4
Freedom of Information (Review of Secrecy
Provision Exemption) Amendment
Parliament's reasons for enacting this Act are-- 1
1. In order to balance openness against legitimate claims for secrecy in 2
the interest of people about whom the Government holds information and 3
in the public interest, the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (the "FOI 4
Act") allows exemptions from access to certain matters. 5
2. Section 48 of the FOI Act makes matter exempt if it falls within the 6
terms of a specified type of secrecy provision (a "section 48 secrecy 7
provision") and its disclosure would, on balance, be contrary to public 8
interest. 9
3. The exemption in section 48 operates only for 2 years from the FOI 10
Act's date of assent on 19 August 1992. 11
4. On a reference from the Government, the Queensland Law Reform 12
Commission has reviewed existing secrecy provisions in Queensland 13
legislation identified by Government departments. 14
5. The purpose of the review was to-- 15
(a) identify section 48 secrecy provisions; and 16
(b) recommend whether the exemption from access given by each 17
section 48 secrecy provision should continue. 18
6. As a result of its review, the Commission recommended that the 19
exemption from access given by the section 48 secrecy provision in certain 20
Acts should continue. 21
7. The Parliament of Queensland accepts the recommendation. 22
8. The Parliament of Queensland also considers the exemption from 23
access given by the section 48 secrecy provision in section 83 of the 24
Criminal Justice Act 1989 should continue. 25
26
s1 5 s5
Freedom of Information (Review of Secrecy
Provision Exemption) Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
1. This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Review of 3
Secrecy Provision Exemption) Amendment Act 1994. 4
5
Commencement
2. This Act commences on 20 August 1994. 6
amended 7
Act
3. This Act amends the Freedom of Information Act 1992. 8
of s 39 (Matter relating to investigations by 9
Amendment
Parliamentary Commissioner or audits by Auditor-General) 10
4.(1) Section 39, heading, after `Auditor-General'-- 11
insert-- 12
`etc.'. 13
(2) Section 39-- 14
insert-- 15
`(2) Matter is also exempt matter if its disclosure is prohibited by 16
section 92 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977 unless 17
disclosure is required by a compelling reason in the public interest.'. 18
of s 48 (Matter to which secrecy provisions of 19
Replacement
enactments apply) 20
5. Section 48-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
s6 6 s6
Freedom of Information (Review of Secrecy
Provision Exemption) Amendment
to which secrecy provisions of enactments apply 1
`Matter
`48.(1) Matter is exempt matter if its disclosure is prohibited by an 2
enactment mentioned in the Schedule unless disclosure is required by a 3
compelling reason in the public interest. 4
`(2) Matter is not exempt under subsection (1) if it relates to information 5
concerning the personal affairs of the person by whom, or on whose behalf, 6
an application for access to the document containing the matter is being 7
made.'. 8
of Schedule 9
Insertion
6. After section 109-- 10
insert-- 11
CHEDULE 12
`S
ECRECY PROVISIONS GIVING EXEMPTION 13
`S
section 48 14
Adoption of Children Act 1964, section 59(3) 15
Children's Services Act 1965, section 144 16
Criminal Justice Act 1989, section 83 17
Cultural Record (Landscapes Queensland and Queensland Estate) Act 18
1987, section 31(1) 19
Debits Tax Act 1990, section 3.2 (to the extent it applies section 7(2) of the 20
Debits Tax Administration Act 1982 (Cwlth)) 21
Financial Institutions Code, section 410 22
Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 226 23
Maintenance Act 1965, section 129.'. 24
© State of Queensland 1994
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