RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009 - SECT 132 Power to issue guidelines

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009 - SECT 132

132 Power to issue guidelines

(1) The information commissioner also has power to issue a guideline about a matter for or in connection with any of the commissioner’s functions.

(2) The commissioner must publish the guideline on the commissioner’s website.

(3) Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner may issue a guideline about any of the following matters—

(a) the interpretation and administration of this Act;

(b) the application of the public interest test set out in section 49 , including examples of the way it should be and has been applied;

(c) the production and management of schedules of relevant documents, particularly to achieve consistency;

(d) the process for external reviews, including appropriate timeframes for completion of external reviews;

(e) when it is appropriate to apply for a declaration that a person is a vexatious applicant;

(f) procedural, technical and sector specific issues in relation to this Act, including documents mentioned in schedule 1 and entities mentioned in schedule 2 ;

(g) what agencies or Ministers should include in reasons for a decision;

(h) best practice for agencies to improve service to those seeking to access information;

(i) best practice for publication schemes;

(j) best practice for administrative access schemes, including disclosure logs.