sec.7Amount of processing charge— Act , s 56

### sec.7 Amount of processing charge— Act , s 56 For section 56 of the Act , the charge for processing an access application for a document is— if the agency or Minister spends no more than 5 hours processing the application—nil; or if the agency or Minister spends more than 5 hours processing the application—8.15 fee units for each 15 minutes or part of 15 minutes spent processing the application. If the agency or Minister spends 3 hours processing an access application for a document, there is no processing charge. If the agency or Minister spends 6 hours processing an access application for a document, the processing charge is— No processing charge is payable in relation to a document containing personal information of the applicant—see section 59 of the Act . Subsection (3) applies if the document is not found in the place where, according to the filing system of the agency or of the office of the Minister (the relevant filing system ), the document ought to be located. Any time spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document (other than the time that would have been spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document, if the document had been found in the place mentioned in subsection (2) ) is to be disregarded in calculating the charge under subsection (1) . Also, subsection (5) applies if the relevant filing system ought reasonably to have indicated, but does not indicate, the place where the document is located. Any time spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document (other than the time that would have been spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document, if the relevant filing system had indicated the place where the document is located and the document had been found in that place) is to be disregarded in calculating the charge under subsection (1) . In this section— processing , for an access application for a document, means— searching for or retrieving the document; and making, or doing things related to making, a decision on the application. (sec.7-ssec.1) For section 56 of the Act , the charge for processing an access application for a document is— if the agency or Minister spends no more than 5 hours processing the application—nil; or if the agency or Minister spends more than 5 hours processing the application—8.15 fee units for each 15 minutes or part of 15 minutes spent processing the application. If the agency or Minister spends 3 hours processing an access application for a document, there is no processing charge. If the agency or Minister spends 6 hours processing an access application for a document, the processing charge is— No processing charge is payable in relation to a document containing personal information of the applicant—see section 59 of the Act . (sec.7-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if the document is not found in the place where, according to the filing system of the agency or of the office of the Minister (the relevant filing system ), the document ought to be located. (sec.7-ssec.3) Any time spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document (other than the time that would have been spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document, if the document had been found in the place mentioned in subsection (2) ) is to be disregarded in calculating the charge under subsection (1) . (sec.7-ssec.4) Also, subsection (5) applies if the relevant filing system ought reasonably to have indicated, but does not indicate, the place where the document is located. (sec.7-ssec.5) Any time spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document (other than the time that would have been spent by the agency or Minister in searching for or retrieving the document, if the relevant filing system had indicated the place where the document is located and the document had been found in that place) is to be disregarded in calculating the charge under subsection (1) . (sec.7-ssec.6) In this section— processing , for an access application for a document, means— searching for or retrieving the document; and making, or doing things related to making, a decision on the application. - (a) if the agency or Minister spends no more than 5 hours processing the application—nil; or - (b) if the agency or Minister spends more than 5 hours processing the application—8.15 fee units for each 15 minutes or part of 15 minutes spent processing the application. - 1 If the agency or Minister spends 3 hours processing an access application for a document, there is no processing charge. - 2 If the agency or Minister spends 6 hours processing an access application for a document, the processing charge is— - (a) searching for or retrieving the document; and - (b) making, or doing things related to making, a decision on the application.