FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 25 Deletion of exempt matter or irrelevant material

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 25

Where—

S. 25(a) amended by No. 30/2006 s. 19(3)(a).

        (a)     a decision is made not to grant a request for access to a document on the ground that it is an exempt document or that to grant the request would disclose information that would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant to the request;

S. 25(b) amended by No. 30/2006 s. 19(3)(b).

        (b)     it is practicable for the agency or Minister to grant access to a copy of the document with such deletions as to make the copy not an exempt document or a document that would not disclose such information (as the case requires); and

        (c)     it appears from the request, or the applicant subsequently indicates, that the applicant would wish to have access to such a copy—

the agency or Minister shall grant access to such a copy of the document.

S. 25A inserted by No. 58/1993 s. 9.