Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Freedom of Information Act 1982 - SECT 14

Part not to apply to certain documents

14. Part not to apply to certain documents



(1) A person is not entitled to obtain access under this Part to-

   (a)  a document which contains information that is open to public access,
        as part of a public register or otherwise, in accordance with another
        enactment, where that access is subject to a fee or other charge;

   (b)  a document which contains information that is available for purchase
        by the public in accordance with arrangements made by an agency; or

   (c)  a document that is available for public inspection in the Public
        Record Office of Victoria;

   (d)  a document which is stored for preservation or safe custody in the
        Public Record Office of Victoria being a document which is a duplicate
        of a document of an agency.

(2) A document, other than a document of an agency, that has been placed in
the custody of the State Library of Victoria or the Public Record Office of
Victoria by a person (including a Minister or former Minister) shall be
available to the public in accordance with this Act, subject to any
restrictions or conditions imposed by the person at the time the document was
placed in the custody of the State Library or the Public Record Office, as the
case may be.

(3) Subsection (2) shall apply to a document, other than a document of an
agency, which was placed in the custody of the State Library of Victoria or
the Public Record Office of Victoria before the date of commencement of this
section as if that document had been so placed in the custody of the
institution concerned after the date of commencement of this section.