South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts25—Documents affecting inter-governmental or local governmental
relations
(1) This section
applies to a document that contains matter concerning the affairs of—
(a) the
Government of the Commonwealth or of another State; or
(b) a
council (including a council constituted under a law of another State).
(2) An agency must not
give access under this Act to a document to which this section applies unless
the agency has taken such steps as are reasonably practicable to obtain the
views of the Government or council concerned as to whether or not the document
is an exempt document by virtue of clause 5 of Schedule 1.
(2a) However, if the
agency is a council, subsection (2) does not apply in relation to
documents that only contain matter concerning the affairs of that council.
(3) If—
(a) an
agency determines, after having sought the views of the Government or council
concerned, that access to a document to which this section applies is to be
given; and
(b) the
views of the Government or council concerned are that the document is an
exempt document by virtue of clause 5 of Schedule 1,
the agency must—
(c)
forthwith give written notice to the Government or council concerned—
(i)
that the agency has determined that access to the
document is to be given; and
(ii)
of the rights of review and appeal conferred by this Act
in relation to the determination; and
(iii)
of the procedures to be followed for the purpose of
exercising those rights; and
(d)
defer giving access to the document until after the expiration of the period
within which an application for a review or appeal under this Act may be made
or, if such an application is made, until after the application has been
finally disposed of.