Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) An agency or Minister may defer providing information contained in a record if the record –
(a) is required by this or any other Act to be published but is yet to be published; or
(b) was prepared for presentation to Parliament, or has been designated by the responsible Minister as appropriate for presentation to Parliament, but is yet to be presented.
(2) If the provision of information is deferred, the agency or Minister shall, when informing the applicant of the reason for the decision, indicate, as far as practicable, when the record will be published, presented or submitted.
(3) An agency or a Minister has no power under subsection (1)(b) to defer providing information contained in a record when more than 15 sitting days of either House of Parliament have passed since the record was presented to the Minister for the purpose of being presented to Parliament.