RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009 - SECT 105
Additional powers
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009 - SECT 105
Additional powers
105 Additional powers
(1) In the conduct of an external review, the information commissioner has, in
addition to any other power, power to—
(a) review any decision that has been
made by an agency or Minister in relation to the access application concerned;
and
(b) decide any matter in relation to the access application that could,
under this Act, have been decided by an agency or Minister.
(2) If it is
established that a document is an exempt document or a contrary to public
interest document, or contains exempt information or contrary to public
interest information, the commissioner does not have power to direct that
access to the document, or the document to the extent of the information, is
to be given.
(3) Any decision of the commissioner under this section has the
same effect as a decision of the agency or Minister.
