South Australian Consolidated Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1991 - SECT 21

21—Deferral of access

        (1)         An agency may defer access to a document—

            (a)         if it is a document that is required by law to be published but is yet to be published; or

            (b)         if it is a document that has been prepared for presentation to Parliament but is yet to be presented; or

            (c)         if it is a document that has been prepared for submission to a particular person or body but is yet to be submitted.

        (1a)         A State Government agency may defer access to a document—

            (a)         if it is a document that has been designated by the responsible Minister for the agency as appropriate for presentation to Parliament, but is yet to be presented; or

            (b)         if it is a document that has been designated by the responsible Minister for the agency as appropriate for submission to a particular person or body, but is yet to be submitted.

        (2)         Access to a document to which subsection (1)(a) applies may not be deferred beyond the time the document is required by law to be published.

        (3)         Access to a document to which subsection (1)(b), (1)(c), (1a)(a) or (1a)(b) applies may not be deferred for more than a reasonable time after the date of its preparation.