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125 Exemptions from Freedom of Information Act 1982
(1) The **Freedom of Information Act 1982** does not apply to—
(a) a document that is in the possession of a Royal Commission, Board of Inquiry or Formal Review; or
(b) a document of a Royal Commission, Board of Inquiry or Formal Review that is in the possession of an agency at any time during which the Royal Commission, Board of Inquiry or Formal Review is in existence.
S 125(1A) inserted by No. 4/2025 s. 6(2).
(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the **Freedom of Information Act 1982** does not apply to a document that is subject to a Yoorrook Justice Commission record order for the period of 99 years beginning on the day on which the record is transferred to the Department of Premier and Cabinet under section 124.
***agency*** has the same meaning as in the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**;
***document*** has the same meaning as in the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**.