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Right to Information Act 2009
sec.83When internal review application to be decided
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### sec.83 When internal review application to be decided
An agency or Minister must decide an internal review application as soon as practicable.
However, if an agency or Minister does not decide an internal review application and notify the applicant of the decision within the internal review processing period, the agency’s principal officer or the Minister is taken to have made a decision at the end of the internal review processing period affirming the original decision.
As soon as practicable after a decision is made or taken to have been made under this section, the principal officer or Minister must give prescribed written notice of the decision to the applicant.
s 83 amd 2023 No. 32 s 112
(sec.83-ssec.1) An agency or Minister must decide an internal review application as soon as practicable.
(sec.83-ssec.2) However, if an agency or Minister does not decide an internal review application and notify the applicant of the decision within the internal review processing period, the agency’s principal officer or the Minister is taken to have made a decision at the end of the internal review processing period affirming the original decision.
(sec.83-ssec.3) As soon as practicable after a decision is made or taken to have been made under this section, the principal officer or Minister must give prescribed written notice of the decision to the applicant.