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INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 66 Deemed decision on access application

INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 66

Deemed decision on access application

66 Deemed decision on access application

(1) If an applicant is not given written notice of the decision by the end of the processing period for an access application for a document, on the last day of the processing period, the principal officer of the agency or the Minister is taken to have made a decision (a
"deemed decision" ) refusing access to the document.
(2) As soon as practicable after a deemed decision is taken to have been made, the principal officer or Minister must give prescribed written notice of the decision to the applicant.