Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Freedom of Information Act 1982 - SECT 24

Deferment of access

24. Deferment of access



(1) An agency which, or a Minister who, receives a request may defer the
provision of access to the document concerned if the document has been
prepared-

   (a)  for presentation to the Parliament;

   (aa) for presentation to a council;



   (b)  for release to the Press; or

   (c)  solely for inclusion, in the same or in an amended form, in a document
        to be prepared for a purpose specified in paragraph (a), (aa) or (b)-

and the document is yet to be presented or released, or included in a document
to be presented or released, as the case may be.

(2) Where the provision of access to a document is deferred in accordance with
subsection (1), the agency or Minister shall, in informing the applicant of
the reasons for the decision, indicate, as far as practicable, the period for
which the deferment will operate.