Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A person who requires –
must make a written request to the agency or Minister for the information.(a) information contained in a record in the possession of an agency; or
(b) information contained in a record of a Minister –
(2) A request must contain sufficient details of the information required to enable a responsible officer of the agency, or the Minister to identify the information.
(3) An application for information may be made by reference to the information contained in a particular record or document without specifying the subject matter of that record or document.
(4) If a person –
the agency or the Minister shall take reasonable steps to assist the person to make a request that complies with this section.(a) wants to make a request to an agency or Minister; or
(b) has made a request that does not comply with this section –
(5) An agency or a Minister shall not refuse a request for information on the ground that the request does not comply with subsection (2), without first giving the applicant a reasonable opportunity to consult the agency or Minister with a view to the applicant being helped to make a request in a form that does comply with subsection (2).
(6) If a person directs a request under this section to the wrong agency or Minister that agency or Minister must promptly redirect the request to the correct agency or Minister.
(7) If requested to do so by a person or if it is appropriate to do so to assist a person to make a request for information, an agency shall make available to that person general details of the information contained in the records in the possession of the agency.