69GApplication of FOI Act

69G Application of FOI Act (1) The **Freedom of Information Act 1982** applies to a contractor or a sub-contractor in its capacity as a provider of health services to public hospital patients at the hospital in accordance with an agreement under section 69B(1) or a sub-contract agreement as if— (a) the contractor or sub-contractor were an agency within the meaning of that Act; and (b) the holder of the office specified in the agreement under section 69B(1) or in the sub-contract agreement for the purposes of the application of the **Freedom of Information Act 1982** were the principal officer of that agency; and (c) the Minister were the responsible Minister of that agency; and (d) the persons employed by the contractor or sub-contractor were officers of that agency. (2) Nothing in this section applies the **Freedom of Information Act 1982** to a contractor or sub-contractor— (a) in any capacity other than that mentioned in subsection (1); or (b) with respect to any period during which health services were not actually being provided by the contractor or sub-contractor to public hospital patients at the hospital. S. 69H inserted by No. 68/1996 s. 28, repealed by No. 82/2012 s. 290. S. 69I inserted by No. 68/1996 s. 28.