FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 49OA Review of decisions under section 25A(5)
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 49OA
Review of decisions under section 25A(5)S. 49OA(1) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 39(1).
(1) In conducting a review of a decision of an agency or Minister under section 25A(5) to refuse to grant a request for access to documents, the Information Commissioner must determine whether to refuse to grant the request under section 25A(5) without requesting the agency or Minister to search for or otherwise identify the documents to which the request relates.
S. 49OA(2) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 39(1)(b), substituted by No. 20/2017 s. 39(2).
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Information Commissioner giving a notice under section 49KA(2)(a).
S. 49P inserted by No. 6/2012 s. 13.