FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 70 Transitional provisions—Freedom of Information and Victorian Inspectorate Acts Amendment Act 2014
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 70
Transitional provisions—Freedom of Information and Victorian Inspectorate Acts Amendment Act 2014(1) If an application has been made for review under Division 1 of Part VI before the commencement day but the Freedom of Information Commissioner has not determined not to accept the application or completed the review before that day, the Freedom of Information Commissioner may, on or after that day, refer the application to an Assistant Commissioner under section 49EA(1)(a).
(2) If a complaint has been made under Part VIA before the commencement day but the Freedom of Information Commissioner has not determined not to accept the complaint, dismissed the complaint or made recommendations in relation to the complaint before that day, the Freedom of Information Commissioner may, on or after that day, refer the complaint to an Assistant Commissioner under section 61AB(1)(a).
(3) Sections 49L and 49M as substituted by section 14 of the amending Act, and section 49MA as inserted by that section, apply in relation to an application for review under Division 1 of Part VI that is made on or after the commencement day and sections 49L and 49M as in force immediately before the commencement day continue to apply in relation to an application for review made before that day.
(4) In this section—
"amending Act" means the Freedom of Information and Victorian Inspectorate Acts Amendment Act 2014 ;
"commencement day" means the day after the day on which the amending Act receives the Royal Assent.
S. 71 inserted by No. 67/2014 s. 147(Sch. 2 item 18.3).