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Information Act 2002
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40 Decision on review
(1) After conducting a review, a public sector organisation may:
(a) confirm or vary the decision reviewed in whole or part; or
(b) revoke the decision reviewed in whole or part and substitute
another decision that would have been available to the
organisation under Division 2 (Accessing government
information) or Division 3 (Correcting personal information).
(2) If the applicant is not notified of the outcome of a review within
30 days after making the application, the public sector organisation
is taken to have confirmed the decision the subject of the review.
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