FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 40

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 40

40 .         Application for review

        (1)         An application for review has to —

            (a)         be in writing; and

            (b)         give particulars of the decision which the aggrieved person wishes to have reviewed; and

            (c)         give an address in Australia to which notices under this Act can be sent; and

            (d)         give any other information or details required under the regulations; and

            (e)         be lodged at an office of the agency.

        (2)         An aggrieved person may lodge an application for review within 30 days after being given written notice of the decision.

        (3)         If the application for review is made by the access applicant the principal officer of the agency may allow the application to be lodged after the period mentioned in subsection (2) has expired.