Freedom of Information Act 1992
Div 2Procedure for dealing with access applications
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Division 2 — Procedure for dealing with access applications
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Agency’s duties as to access application etc. 6
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Ambit of application may be reduced by agreement 8
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Document held etc. by another agency, transferring application etc. in case of 8
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Charge for access, calculation of etc. 9
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Charge for access, applicant may request estimate of etc. 10
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Deposit for charges, agency may require etc. 11
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Notice given under s. 17(3) or 18, effect of on s. 13(1); applicant failing to respond to notice, effect of 11
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Agency may refuse to deal with application in certain cases 12
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Application for personal information about applicant, consideration of 13
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Access, when agency must give 13
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Refusing access, grounds for 13
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Exempt matter, deleting before access given 14
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Deferring access, grounds for 15
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Documents that cannot be found or do not exist, notice of 15
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Ways in which access can be given 16
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Medical and psychiatric information about applicant, giving access to 17
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Personal information about applicant, agency’s duties when giving access to 18
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Notice under s. 13(1)(b) of decision, form etc. of 18
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Certain exempt matter (Sch. 1 cl. 1, 2 or 5), giving information about existence etc. of 19