Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Freedom of Information Act 1982 - SECT 18

Transfer of requests

18. Transfer of requests



(1) A request for access to a document may be made to any agency which has a
copy of the document.

(2) Where-

   (a)  a request is made to an agency for access to a document; and

	(b)     (i)	the document is not in the possession of that agency but is in the possession of another agency; or
   (ii) the subject-matter of the document is more closely connected with the
        functions of another agency than with those of the agency to which the
        request is made-

the agency to which the request is made may promptly transfer the request to
the other agency and inform the person making the request accordingly and, if
it is necessary to do so in order to enable the other agency to deal with the
request, send the document to the other agency.

(3) Where a request is transferred to an agency in accordance with this
section, it shall be deemed to be a request made to that agency and received
at the time at which the transfer was made or fourteen days after the date of
the original request, whichever is the shorter period.

(4) Where a request is made to the Public Record Office of Victoria for access
to a document of a kind referred to in section 15(1), the Public Record Office
may promptly transfer the request to the agency deemed, by virtue of that
subsection, to be the agency in possession of the document.

(5) In this section where appropriate agency includes a Minister.