CONSTITUTION ACT 1975 - SECT 94H Access to information

CONSTITUTION ACT 1975 - SECT 94H

There is to be in force at all times as part of the laws of Victoria an Act the objectives and functions of which are to facilitate and promote, promptly and at the lowest reasonable cost, the disclosure of information by creating a general right of access to information in documentary form in the possession of Ministers and agencies limited only by exceptions and exemptions necessary for the protection of essential public interests and the private and business affairs of persons in respect of whom information is collected and held by agencies.

Part VI—Relation of public officers to political affairs

No. 6224 s. 415.