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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 14 Part not to apply to certain documents

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 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.