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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 49H Procedure on review

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 49H

Procedure on review

S. 49H(1) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 29(1).

    (1)     The Information Commissioner must conduct a review in a timely, efficient and fair manner, with as little formality and technicality as possible.

S. 49H(2) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 29(1).

    (2)     The Information Commissioner must give each party to the review a reasonable opportunity to make submissions in writing in relation to the review.

S. 49H(3) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 29(1).

    (3)     Subject to this section, the Information Commissioner is bound by the rules of natural justice in conducting a review.

S. 49H(4) inserted by No. 59/2014 s. 13, amended by No. 20/2017 s. 29.

    (4)     The Information Commissioner may rely on advice and assistance provided by a member of staff of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner in—

        (a)     making preliminary inquiries in relation to a review; and

        (b)     conducting a review; and

        (c)     making a fresh decision under section 49P on a review.

S. 49I inserted by No. 6/2012 s. 13, substituted by No. 20/2017 s. 30.