sec.132Power to issue guidelines

### sec.132 Power to issue guidelines The information commissioner also has power to issue a guideline about a matter for or in connection with any of the commissioner’s functions. The commissioner must publish the guideline on the commissioner’s website. Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner may issue a guideline about any of the following matters— the interpretation and administration of this Act; the application of the public interest test set out in section 49 , including examples of the way it should be and has been applied; the process for external reviews, including appropriate timeframes for completion of external reviews; when it is appropriate to apply for a declaration that a person is a vexatious applicant; procedural, technical and sector specific issues in relation to this Act, including documents mentioned in schedule 1 and entities mentioned in schedule 2 ; what agencies or Ministers should include in reasons for a decision; best practice for agencies to improve service to those seeking to access information; best practice for publication schemes; best practice for administrative access schemes, including disclosure logs. s 132 amd 2023 No. 32 s 141 s ch 1 pt 2 (sec.132-ssec.1) The information commissioner also has power to issue a guideline about a matter for or in connection with any of the commissioner’s functions. (sec.132-ssec.2) The commissioner must publish the guideline on the commissioner’s website. (sec.132-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner may issue a guideline about any of the following matters— the interpretation and administration of this Act; the application of the public interest test set out in section 49 , including examples of the way it should be and has been applied; the process for external reviews, including appropriate timeframes for completion of external reviews; when it is appropriate to apply for a declaration that a person is a vexatious applicant; procedural, technical and sector specific issues in relation to this Act, including documents mentioned in schedule 1 and entities mentioned in schedule 2 ; what agencies or Ministers should include in reasons for a decision; best practice for agencies to improve service to those seeking to access information; best practice for publication schemes; best practice for administrative access schemes, including disclosure logs. - (a) the interpretation and administration of this Act; - (b) the application of the public interest test set out in section 49 , including examples of the way it should be and has been applied; - (c) the process for external reviews, including appropriate timeframes for completion of external reviews; - (d) when it is appropriate to apply for a declaration that a person is a vexatious applicant; - (e) procedural, technical and sector specific issues in relation to this Act, including documents mentioned in schedule 1 and entities mentioned in schedule 2 ; - (f) what agencies or Ministers should include in reasons for a decision; - (g) best practice for agencies to improve service to those seeking to access information; - (h) best practice for publication schemes; - (i) best practice for administrative access schemes, including disclosure logs.