Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Bienstein v Attorney-General [2007] FCA 1174
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – request – transfer of request to another agency – transfer on basis that subject-matter of documents more closely connected with functions of another agency – whether recipient of request required to search for documents before transferring request on the basis that the subject-matter of documents is more closely connected with the functions of another agency – requests made to Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Customs for access to their documents – purported transfers of requests to Attorney-General's Department – whether Administrative Appeals Tribunal erred in law in holding requests validly transferred – consequences of failure to effect proper transfers of requests Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44(1) Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) ss 3, 3(1), 3(2), 4(1), 11, 15, 15(1), 15(2), 15(4), 15(5), 15(5)(b), 15(6), 16, 16(1), 16(1)(a), 16(1)(b), 16(2), 16(3), 16(3A), 16(4), 16(5), 18, 21(1), 22, 24, 24A, 24(1), 24(2)(a), 30A, 30A(1), 30A(1B), 54, 54(1), 54(1)(e), 54(1A), 55, 55(1), 55(2), 56(1), 58(1) Freedom of Information Bill 1981 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum Federal Court Rules O 80
Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 (1998) 194 CLR 355 referred to HELEN BIENSTEIN v ATTORNEY-GENERAL (COMMONWEALTH) AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND CUSTOMS (COMMONWEALTH) VID 1192 OF 2004
GRAY J
8 AUGUST 2007
MELBOURNE IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 1192 OF 2004
ON APPEAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL CONSTITUTED BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT S A FORGIE
BETWEEN: HELEN BIENSTEIN
Applicant
AND: ATTORNEY-GENERAL (COMMONWEALTH)
First Respondent
MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND CUSTOMS (COMMONWEALTH)
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate