57Transfer of access applications

57 Transfer of access applications (a) an access application has been made to an agency or Minister; and

Division 5.6 Access applications for information held by other agencies or Ministers (b) the government information to which the application relates is not held by the agency or Minister but the agency or Minister believes it may be held by another agency or Minister (the transferee); and (c) the transferee agrees it may hold the information. (2) The agency or Minister must transfer the application to the transferee. (3) An access application transferred under this section is taken to have been made to the transferee at the time it was transferred. (4) The transferee receiving an access application must give the applicant written notice of— (a) the day on which the application was received; and (b) the date by which a decision is to be made (unless additional time is given under section 40, section 41 or section 42). (5) The notice must be given to the applicant as soon as practicable but