INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 82
Applicant under financial hardship
INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 82
Applicant under financial hardship
82 Applicant under financial hardship
(1) This section applies if, at any time, an applicant for an access
application makes a written request to an agency or Minister that the
applicable access charge for the application be waived.
(2) The agency or
Minister must decide to waive any access charge for the application if—
(a)
the request is accompanied by a copy of a concession card; and
(c) the agency or Minister considers the applicant is not making the
application for some other person who is seeking to avoid the payment of a
charge.
(3) The agency or Minister must give the applicant a prescribed
written notice of a decision under subsection (2) before the end of the
processing period.
(4) In this section—
"concession card" means a health care card or pensioner concession card under
the Social Security Act 1991 (Cwlth) or a pensioner concession card issued by
the department of the Commonwealth in which the Veterans’ Entitlements Act
1986 (Cwlth) is administered.