South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts28—Documents affecting the conduct of research
(1) This section
applies to a document that contains information concerning research that is
being, or is intended to be, carried out by or on behalf of any person.
(2) An agency must not
give access under this Act to a document to which this section applies (except
to the person concerned) unless the agency has taken such steps as are
reasonably practicable to obtain the views of the person concerned as to
whether or not the document is an exempt document by virtue of clause 8
of Schedule 1.
(3) If—
(a) an
agency determines, after seeking the views of the person concerned, that
access to a document to which this section applies is to be given; and
(b) the
views of the person concerned are that the document is an exempt document by
virtue of clause 8 of Schedule 1,
the agency must—
(c)
forthwith give written notice to the person 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.