Freedom Of Information Amendment Bill 2001 (Qld)

Queensland

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT BILL 2001

Queensland

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT BILL 2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title... eee eee ene 4 2 Commencement... 0.6... eee 4 3 Act amended .. 0... eee 4 4 Replacement of s 28 (Access may be refused in certain cases) .......... 4 28 Access may be refused in certain cases... ..........00002 000s 4 28A What an agency or Minister must do before refusing access

under s 28(2) 1. eee eee eee eee ene 5 5 Replacement of s 29 (Fees and charges for access to documents) ........ 7 29 Fees and charges for access to documents. ................0005 7 29A Liability to pay charges ......... 6.0.0 c cece eee eee eee 7

29B Contention that charge has been wrongly assessed or should not be Imposed .. 1... eee 8 29C Contention relying on financial hardship....................4. 9 29D Calculation of appropriate period if notice given of charges....... 10 6 Amendment of s 109 (Regulations)................. 0.00002 e ee eee 11 SCHEDULE ....................0... 13

MINOR AMENDMENTS

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Freedom of Information Act 1992

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sl 4 s4 Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2001

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1__ Short title

This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2001.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Act amended This Act amends the Freedom of Information Act 1992.

4 Replacement of s 28 (Access may be refused in certain cases) Section 28— omit, insert—

'28 Access may be refused in certain cases

'(1) An agency or Minister may refuse access to exempt matter or an exempt document.

'(2) An agency or Minister may refuse access to documents asked for in an application if it appears to the agency or Minister that the work involved in dealing with the application would, if carried out—