Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Freedom of Information Act 1982 - SECT 64

Report to Parliament by agencies and Ministers

64. Report to Parliament by agencies and Ministers



(1) The Minister administering this Act shall, as soon as practicable after
the end of each year prepare a report on the operation of this Act during that
year and cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the
Parliament.

(2) Each responsible Minister shall, in relation to the agencies within his
portfolio and in relation to his official documents, furnish to the Minister
administering this Act such information as he requires for the purposes of the
preparation of any report under this section and shall comply with any
prescribed requirements concerning the furnishing of that information and the
keeping of records for the purposes of this section.

(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) or the kinds of the
information which an agency or a Minister might be required, in pursuance of
subsection (2), to furnish to the Minister administering this Act, a report of
the Minister administering this Act under subsection (1) shall include in
respect of the year to which the report relates particulars of the operations
of each agency and Minister under this Act including, in relation to each
agency and Minister-

   (a)  the number of requests made to each agency and to each Minister;

   (b)  the number of decisions that an applicant was not entitled to access
        to a document pursuant to a request, the provisions of this Act under
        which these decisions were made and the number of times each provision
        was invoked;

   (c)  the name and designation of each officer with authority to make a
        decision in relation to a request, and the number of decisions made by
        each officer that an applicant was not entitled to access to a
        document pursuant to a request;

   (d)  the number of applications under section 51(1) for review of a
        decision, and in respect of each application for review-

   (i)  the name of the officer who made the decision under review;

   (ii) the name and designation of the officer who conducted the review and
        the decision of that officer; and

   (iii) if the officer conducting the review confirmed, in whole or in a
        part, a decision that an applicant is not entitled to access to a
        document in accordance with a request, the provision of this Act under
        which that decision was made;



   (e)  the number of applications to the Tribunal under section 50(2) and in
        respect of each application-

   (i)  the decision of the Tribunal;

   (ii) the details of any other order made by the Tribunal; and

   (iii) if the decision in respect of which the application was made was a
        decision that an applicant is not entitled to access to a document in
        accordance with a request, the provision of this Act under which the
        first-mentioned decision was made;

   (f)  the number of notices served upon the principal officer of the agency
        under section 12(1) and the number of decisions by the principal
        officer which were adverse to the person's claim;

   (g)  particulars of any disciplinary action taken against any officer in
        respect of the administration of this Act;

   (h)  the amount of charges collected by the agency or Minister;

        (i)    particulars of any reading room or other facility provided by
               the agency or Minister for use by applicants or members of the
               public, and the publications, documents or other information
               regularly on display in that reading room or other facility;

(ia) particulars of any difficulties encountered in the administration of this
Act in relation to matters of staffing and costs;





   (j)  any other facts which indicate an effort by the agency or Minister to
        administer and implement the spirit and intention of this Act.



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