Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The object of this Act is to improve democratic government in Tasmania –
(a) by increasing the accountability of the executive to the people of Tasmania; and
(b) by increasing the ability of the people of Tasmania to participate in their governance.
(2) This object is to be pursued by giving members of the public the right to obtain information contained in the records of agencies and Ministers limited only by necessary exceptions and exemptions.
(3) The object is also to be pursued by giving each person a right to have amended any inaccurate, incomplete, out of date or misleading information relating to that person contained in the records of an agency or of a Minister.
(4) It is the intention of Parliament –
(a) that this Act be interpreted so as to further the object set out in subsection (1); and
(b) that discretions conferred by this Act be exercised so as to facilitate and promote, promptly and at the lowest reasonable cost, the provision of the maximum amount of official information.