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Right to Information Act 2009
sec.29Application not for backup system documents
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### sec.29 Application not for backup system documents
An access application, however expressed, for a document does not require an agency or Minister to search for the document from a backup system.
However, subsection (1) does not prevent an agency or Minister searching for a document from a backup system if the agency or Minister considers the search appropriate.
While a search for a document from a backup system is not generally required before refusing access on the ground that the document is nonexistent or unlocatable, a search is required in the particular circumstances mentioned in section 52 (2) .
(sec.29-ssec.1) An access application, however expressed, for a document does not require an agency or Minister to search for the document from a backup system.
(sec.29-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not prevent an agency or Minister searching for a document from a backup system if the agency or Minister considers the search appropriate. While a search for a document from a backup system is not generally required before refusing access on the ground that the document is nonexistent or unlocatable, a search is required in the particular circumstances mentioned in section 52 (2) .