RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009 - SECT 83
When internal review application to be decided
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009 - SECT 83
When internal review application to be decided
83 When internal review application to be decided
(1) An agency or Minister must decide an internal review application as soon
as practicable.
(2) However, if an agency or Minister does not decide an
internal review application and notify the applicant of the decision within 20
business days after the internal review application is made, the agency’s
principal officer or the Minister is taken to have made a decision at the end
of the 20 business days affirming the original decision.
(3) As soon as
practicable after a decision is made or taken to have been made under this
section, the principal officer or Minister must give prescribed written notice
of the decision to the applicant.
