South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Access to a
document may be given to a person—
(a) by
giving the person a reasonable opportunity to inspect the document; or
(b) by
giving the person a copy of the document; or
(c) in
the case of a document from which sounds or visual images are capable of being
reproduced, whether or not with the aid of some other device—by making
arrangements for the person to hear or view those sounds or visual images; or
(d) in
the case of a document in which words are recorded in a manner in which they
are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound—by giving the
person a written transcript of the words recorded in the document; or
(e) in
the case of a document in which words are contained in the form of shorthand
writing or in encoded form—by giving the person a written transcript of
the words contained in the document; or
(f) in
the case of a document in which words are recorded in a manner in which they
are capable of being reproduced in the form of a written document—by
giving the person a written document so reproduced.
(2) If an applicant
has requested that access to a document be given in a particular way, access
to the document must be given in that way unless giving access as
requested—
(a)
would unreasonably divert the resources of the agency (or, if the document is
in the custody of State Records, the resources of State Records) from their
use for other official purposes; or
(b)
would be detrimental to the preservation of the document or (having regard to
the physical nature of the document) would otherwise not be appropriate; or
(c)
would involve an infringement of copyright in matter contained in the
document,
in which case access may be given in some other way.
(2a) If a document is
in the custody of State Records, the determination as to the way in which
access is given to the document must be made by or jointly with the Manager of
State Records.
(3) If an applicant
has requested that access to a document be given in a particular way and
access is given in some other way, the applicant is not required to pay a
charge in respect of the giving of access that is greater than the charge that
the applicant would have been required to pay had access been given as
requested.
(4) Subject to
subsection (2a), this section does not prevent an agency from giving
access to a document in any way agreed on between the agency and the person to
whom access is to be given.
(5) An agency may
refuse to give access to a document if a charge payable in respect of the
application, or giving access to the document, has not been paid.