Right to Information Regulations 2021 (Tas)

Right to Information Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Right to Information Act 2009 .

7 June 2021

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

ELISE ARCHER

Minister for Justice

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Right to Information Regulations 2021 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Right to Information Act 2009 ; proof of identity, in relation to a person making an application under section 13 of the Act, means – (a) a certified copy, or an extract, of a birth certificate for the applicant that shows the name of the applicant; or (b) a certified copy of a certificate, declaration, notice or other instrument in respect of the applicant's status as an Australian citizen or British subject, or otherwise in respect of the applicant's nationality, issued under – (i) the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 of the Commonwealth; or (ii) the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 of the Commonwealth; or (c) a passport, issued to the applicant in any country or territory, that shows the name of the applicant; or (d) a drivers licence, issued to the applicant in Australia, that shows the name of the applicant.

4. Information to be available to members of the public A public authority must publish the following information, in respect of an application for assessed disclosure of information under section 13 of the Act, in a manner that is accessible to the public: (a) the address to which the application may be sent; (b) the application fee payable in respect of the application under section 16(1) of the Act; (c) the grounds on which the application fee for the application may be waived under section 16(2) of the Act; (d) a statement to the effect that the application must – (i) be made in writing; and (ii) contain the minimum information required by section 13(3) of the Act; and (iii) be signed by the applicant; (e) details of the minimum information, that must be contained in the application, as prescribed under regulation 5 .