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Right to Information Act 2009
sec.95Procedure on external review
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### sec.95 Procedure on external review
On an external review—
the procedure to be followed is, subject to this Act, within the discretion of the information commissioner; and
proceedings must be conducted with as little formality and technicality, and with as much expedition, as the requirements of this Act and a proper consideration of the matters before the commissioner allow; and
the commissioner is not bound by the rules of evidence and may inform themself on any matter in any way the commissioner considers appropriate.
The commissioner may, during an external review, give directions as to the procedure to be followed on the external review.
s 95 amd 2023 No. 32 s 141 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.95-ssec.1) On an external review— the procedure to be followed is, subject to this Act, within the discretion of the information commissioner; and proceedings must be conducted with as little formality and technicality, and with as much expedition, as the requirements of this Act and a proper consideration of the matters before the commissioner allow; and the commissioner is not bound by the rules of evidence and may inform themself on any matter in any way the commissioner considers appropriate.
(sec.95-ssec.2) The commissioner may, during an external review, give directions as to the procedure to be followed on the external review.
- (a) the procedure to be followed is, subject to this Act, within the discretion of the information commissioner; and
- (b) proceedings must be conducted with as little formality and technicality, and with as much expedition, as the requirements of this Act and a proper consideration of the matters before the commissioner allow; and
- (c) the commissioner is not bound by the rules of evidence and may inform themself on any matter in any way the commissioner considers appropriate.