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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Freedom of Information Act 1992

76 of 1992

15 Dec 1992

Pt. 4 Div. 1 and 2: 11 Jun 1993 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 Jun 1993 p. 2867);
balance: 1 Nov 1993 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Oct 1993 p. 5881)

Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993 Pt. 10 2

31 of 1993

15 Dec 1993

1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2)

R & I Bank Amendment Act 1994 s. 13

6 of 1994

11 Apr 1994

26 Apr 1994 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 26 Apr 1994 p. 1743)

Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19

32 of 1994

29 Jun 1994

1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)

Perth International Centre for Application of Solar Energy Act 1994 s. 35

36 of 1994

8 Jul 1994

22 Jul 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jul 1994 p. 3727)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1994 s. 4

73 of 1994

9 Dec 1994

9 Dec 1994 (see s. 2)

Freedom of Information Amendment Act 1994

94 of 1994

5 Jan 1995

1 Nov 1994 (see s. 2)

Young Offenders Act 1994 s. 236

104 of 1994

11 Jan 1995

13 Mar 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Mar 1995 p. 895)

Bank of Western Australia Act 1995 s. 44

14 of 1995

4 Jul 1995

1 Dec 1995 (see s. 2(3) and 9(1) and Gazette 29 Nov 1995 p. 5529)

Freedom of Information Amendment Act 1995

50 of 1995

6 Nov 1995

1 Nov 1995 (see s. 2)

Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1995 s. 80(4)

75 of 1995

9 Jan 1996

16 Aug 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 16 Aug 1996 p. 4007)

Reprint of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 as at 16 Jan 1996 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1995)

Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996 s. 41

11 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

7 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 Dec 1996 p. 6699)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Official Corruption Commission Amendment Act 1996 s. 26

29 of 1996

28 Aug 1996

30 Aug 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Aug 1996 p. 4365)

Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996 s. 54

49 of 1996

25 Oct 1996

25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 as at 16 Jul 1997 (includes amendments listed above)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 62

57 of 1997

15 Dec 1997

15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))

Industry and Technology Development Act 1998 s. 34(2)

13 of 1998

20 May 1998

1 Jul 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 26 Jun 1998 p. 3369)

Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 s. 89

65 of 1998

15 Jan 1999

9 Feb 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Feb 1999 p. 441)

Prisons Amendment Act 1999 s. 20

43 of 1999

8 Dec 1999

Sch. 1 cl. 4(1) and (3): 18 Dec 1999 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6175);
Sch. 1 cl. 4(2): 18 Jun 2000 (see s. 2(3) and (4) and Gazette 16 Jun 2000 p. 2939)

Court Security and Custodial Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999 Pt. 6

47 of 1999

8 Dec 1999

18 Dec 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6175-6)

Reprint of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 as at 3 Mar 2000 (includes amendments listed above)

State Records (Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 Pt. 4

53 of 2000

28 Nov 2000

1 Dec 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Nov 2001 p. 6067)

Criminal Investigation (Exceptional Powers) and Fortification Removal Act 2002 s. 72

21 of 2002

15 Jul 2002

15 Jul 2002 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 Pt. 23

28 of 2003

22 May 2003

1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579)

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003 s. 28

29 of 2003

22 May 2003

1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2383)

Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 s. 62

48 of 2003

3 Jul 2003

1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5723)

Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 64

50 of 2003

9 Jul 2003

15 May 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2004 p. 1445)

Economic Regulation Authority Act 2003 s. 62

67 of 2003

5 Dec 2003

1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5723)

Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2003 s. 56(1)

75 of 2003

15 Dec 2003

15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)

Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 74(2)

78 of 2003

22 Dec 2003

7 Jul 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 Jul 2004 p. 2697)

Reprint 4: The Freedom of Information Act 1992 as at 10 Sep 2004 (includes amendments listed above)

Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004

56 of 2004

19 Nov 2004

19 Nov 2004 (see s. 2)

Parole and Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 2006 s. 90 

41 of 2006

22 Sep 2006

28 Jan 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5867)

Perth International Centre for Application of Solar Energy Repeal Act 2006 s. 6

43 of 2006

3 Oct 2006

31 Oct 2006

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Acts Amendment (ICWA) Act 1996 s. 38 3

45 of 1996

25 Oct 1996

To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 75 4

43 of 2000

2 Nov 2000

To be proclaimed (see s. 2(2))

Children and Community Services Amendment (Reporting Sexual Abuse of Children) Act 2008 s. 13 5

26 of 2008

19 Jun 2008

To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

2 The Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993 s. 68 reads as follows:


Part 19 — Savings and transitional

68. Savings

If this Act is not passed until after 1 July 1993, anything done after that day but before this Act is passed that would have been in accordance with law if this Act had not come into operation but as a result of the coming into operation of this Act is contrary to law, is deemed to be in accordance with law.

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3 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Acts Amendment (ICWA) Act 1996 s. 38, which gives effect to Sch. 1 it. 4, had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


38. Consequential Amendments

The Acts referred to in the Schedule are amended as set out in Schedule 1.

”.

Schedule 1 item 4 reads as follows:


Schedule 1 — Consequential amendments to other Acts

4. Freedom of Information Act 1992

Provision amended

Amendment

Schedule 2

Delete the item “The State Government Insurance Corporation.”.

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4 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 75 had not come into operation. It reads:


75. Various provisions repealed

The provisions listed in the Table to this section are repealed.

Table of provisions repealed

Act

Provision

..........................

........

Freedom of Information Act 1992

s. 62(2)

......................

........

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5 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Children and Community Services Amendment (Reporting Sexual Abuse of Children) Act 2008 s. 13 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


13. Freedom of Information Act 1992 amended

(1) The amendments in this section are to the Freedom of Information Act 1992.

(2) Schedule 1 clause 14(5) is amended after paragraph (b) by deleting the full stop and inserting —


; or

(c) a person who has made, or a person who is mentioned in, a report under the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 124B(1); or

(d) a person who is a notifier as defined in the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 240(1), or a person about whom the information mentioned in that definition is given; or

(e) a person who has given, or a person who is mentioned in, a notification under the Commonwealth Family Law Act 1975 section 67ZA(2) or (3) or the Family Court Act 1997 section 160(2) or (3).

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