(2) After receiving a
charges estimate notice, the applicant may consult with the agency or Minister
with a view to narrowing the application to reduce the applicable charges.
(3) If the applicant does not confirm, narrow or withdraw the access
application within the prescribed period, the applicant is taken to have
withdrawn the applicant’s application at the end of the prescribed period.
(4) If the applicant narrows the access application within the
prescribed period, the agency or Minister must, before the end of the
processing period for the application, give the applicant a new
charges estimate notice.
(6) Also, subsections (2) to (4)
do not apply if a decision is made, under part 6 , division 3 , to waive
charges.
(7) In this section—
"charges estimate notice" , for an access application, means a written notice
stating the following details—
(a) if a request has been made to an agency
or Minister for waiver of charges—the agency’s or Minister’s decision on
whether charges will be waived under part 6 , division 3 ;
(e) the name and designation of the person making the
decision;
(f) the effect of subsections (2) and (3) ;
(g) any rights of
review under this Act in relation to the decision, the procedures to be
followed for exercising the rights and the time within which an application
for review must be made.
"prescribed period" —
1 The
"prescribed period" is 20 business days from the date of the
charges estimate notice or any longer period agreed under paragraph 2.
1 For an access application, a
"schedule of relevant documents" is a schedule that—
(a) sets out and gives
a brief description of the classes of documents relevant to the application in
the possession, or under the control, of the agency or Minister; and
(b) sets
out the number of documents in each class.
2 However, an agency or Minister
is not required to include any exempt information or contrary to public
interest information in the schedule.